Robert Southey; John Wood Warter [ed.] — Southey&Apos;S Common-Place Book

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849-1851. Cloth. A four volume set of this collection of essays and extracts by Romantic poet Robert Southey. A four volume set. In the publisher's original green cloth bindings.  A collection of the works of Robert Southey, an English writer and poet who was part of the Romanticism movement. He was one of the celebrated Lake Poets alongside Coleridge and Wordsworth, and was appointed as the Poet Laureate later on in his life. Edited by John Wood Warter, Southey's son-in-law who was also an antiquarian and cleric. The volumes are comprised of an interesting range of essays and extracts. Including the first, second, third, and fourth series.  The first series is illustrated with a frontispiece.  With publisher's advertisements to the rear of each volume.     In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, smart. Fading to spines, with bumping to the heads and tails. Fading to board edges, with the odd mark. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste downs, with light spotting to endpapers. Ink inscription to front paste down of vol I, with a bookseller's sticker, and a binder's sticker to the rear paste down. Binder's sticker to paste downs of vol III. Gutters cracked to hinges of vol IV, but remain firm, with a binder's sticker to rear paste down. Internally, mostly firmly bound. Binding fragile to centre of vol I. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting to the front and rear. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .