the rime of the ancient mariner by samuel taylor coleridge

A solid copy with a four-inch triangular dampstain to the upper outer corner of the covers minor dampstaining to the upper margin of the plates front hinge starting but holding wear to the cloth at the corners. First edition (dated 1877 on the title page). 148, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, December 1876 12 text pages with three vignette illustrations a full-page frontispeice and 38 full-page engravings with tissue guards. This volume is far better in an art point of view, and far better as an illustration of Doré's peculiar power, than his famous Bible.'-Editor's Literary Record, p. The engraving is admirably done, with a strength and vigor and courage which are quite essential adequately to represent the audacious conceptions of the artist. These are printed from electrotypes taken from the original blocks. It is a large folio, comprising thirty-eight full-page pictures. It was described at the time as 'one of the most sumptuous art works that the American press has ever issued. This is the first American edition (following a British edition from the year before. Doré depicts the frozen conditions of the Antarctic region, weird underwater scenes, and terrifying animate corpses and skeletons. A massive oversized (18-1/4 inches tall) edition of this classic poem illustrated with Doré's engravings. Closed tear to 'Death and Life in Death' plate, no longer than 9cm and slightly encroaching on the image. Pages are bright with scattered spotting to pages, heaviest to 'And is Shot By the Mariner' and 'Death and Life in Death' plates. Prior owner's inscription to the title page. 'The Ancient Mariner' text is embossed to the front board. Externally, generally smart with bumping to the extremities and scattered spots to the boards.

Rebound, with the original boards and backstrip preserved. William Wordsworth noted that the poem was inspired when Coleridge, Wordsworth and his sister were walking through the Quantock Hills in Somerset.

It is said that James Cook's second voyage of the South Seas and the Pacific Ocean may have inspired this poem as Coleridge's tutor was an astronomer on Cook's flagship and had a good relationship with him. The poem is laced with numerous narrative techniques such as personification and repetition to build various atmospheres throughout. It tells the tale of a sailor who narrates his story to a gentleman who is on his way to a wedding ceremony. 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' is Samuel Taylor Coleridge's longest major poem. A large edition of this work, which has twenty five poetic and dramatic scenes designed and etched by David Scott. Foxing to plates but in better condition than usually seen. A first thus, the first edition of this publication and the first major illustrated edition of this work. A scarce, illustrated edition of this famed and influential sea-faring poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

The rime of the ancient mariner by samuel taylor coleridge