The works of charles lamb

LAMB, Charles

Published by Printed for C. and J. Ollier, London, 1818

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In two volumes. ix, [3], 291, [1]; [6], 259pp, [1]. Contemporary dark green half-calf, marbled paper boards, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Rubbed, wear to head of spines. Marbled endpapers, faded ink-stamps of a contemporary literary society to both titles, paper repair to fore-edge of Vol. II title page, scattered spotting. William St Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencilled ownership inscription and bibliographical notes to front blank fly-leaves of Vol. I. The first collected edition of essayist, critic and poet of the Romantic movement, Charles Lamb (1775-1834) including his trenchant defence of the genius behind Shakespeare's characters, 'On the Tragedies of Shakespeare'. William St Clair (1937-2021), British scholar and senior civil servant, notable as the author of The Godwins and the Shelleys, The Biography of a Family (1989) and The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period (2004). Jackson p.439. Size: 12mo. Seller Inventory # AQ29558

Bibliographic Details

Title: The works of charles lamb

Publisher: Printed for C. and J. Ollier, London

Publication Date: 1818

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition