Samuel Taylor Coleridge — The Raven

London , H. D. Nichols, 1898. Hardback. A scarce and charming llustrated edition of one of Coleridge's lesser known poems, The Raven. Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, critic and philosopher and was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England along with his friend William Wordsworth. He wrote the poem The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner and his critical work on Shakespeare was highly influential.The Raven, or A Christmas Tale, told by a school-boy to his little brothers and sisters, first appeared in the Morning Post in 1798. With fourteen plate illustrations and decorative title page. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original biding. Externally, a little worn with marks to the boards and extremities. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good . Ill.: Ella Hallward. Good .