first edition
1822 · London
by Wordsworth, William
London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row, 1822. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 103, [1]; uncut; contemporary quarter tan calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered direct on spine; upper joint cracked, lower joint starting, the whole a bit rubbed and worn, and the text lightly spotted; a good copy. Early ownership signature of J. Poole with corresponding shelf mark on front pastedown. "In 1820, Wordsworth made a four months' tour with his wife and sister and other friends up the Rhine to Switzerland, met Robinson at Lucerne, and after visiting the Italian lakes, returned to Paris" (DNB). Wise p. 120.
(Inventory #: 58682)