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Coleridge among the Lakes & Mountains: From his Notebooks, Letters and Poems 1794–1804. Folio Society,1991. Hardcover, with slipcase. Fine in near fine+ slipcover with very faint sunning around edges of slipcase.
Illustrated anthology documenting the English Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s deep fascination with nature, walking, and the changing landscape. Rather than a continuous narrative, the book is a curated compendium highlighting Coleridge\'s time spent exploring regions like the Lake District. It frames him as a highly sensitive recorder of nature in movement and flux.Editor: Selected, edited, and introduced by Roger Hudson.
Drawn from Coleridge\'s personal journals, private diaries, letters, and regional poems, the book includes his rambling excursions on the Quantocks, his extensive walks out of Keswick, his travels to the Harz Mountains, and his historic 9-day mountain expedition (featuring his famous letter regarding Scafell).
Copiously illustrated with historical black-and-white and full-color prints and paintings from the era, including works by iconic artists like J.M.W. Turner and John Constable. Like most classic Folio Society volumes, this book was designed to high production standards: Sewn binding bound in full decorative cloth, featuring a color illustration of figures walking in the Lake District mountains. Printed on durable, acid-free paper; contains 256 pages including an index. Dimensions: Medium 8vo / Small Quarto format, measuring approximately 10 x 7.1 inches (24.5 cm x 17.2 cm).Housing: Originally issued in a protective, pale green slipcase.
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