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2 vols. pp. (x), 69, (ii), 70 - 210, errata leaf, advert leaf; (iv), 227, errata. 8vo. Later full morocco binding by Zaendorf with gilt lettering and ruled lines on the spine, top edge gilt, gilt dentelles. Vol 1 pp 113/114, Vol 2 pp 171/172 invisably repaired. Vol 1 is the 1st edition, 2nd or London issue with Coleridge's Lewti replaced by his The Nightingale. This accounts for the break in the pagination of Vol 1 and its replacement Contents leaf ; Vol 2 is the 1st edition, 1st issue. A very attractive set. Wise. A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of William Wordsworth p.28 & p. 34.

Originally published in 1798 in collaboration with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 'Lyrical Ballads' is regarded as a seminal work in the English Romantic movement.