Coleridge, Samuel Taylor and Southey, Robert.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Poems on Various Subjects, Bristol: for C.G. and J. Robinson and J. Cottle, 1796, first edition of coleridge's first volume of poetry, with the errata leaf and advertisements, without half-title—Southey, Robert. Poems, Bristol: N. Biggs for Joseph Cottle and (London) C.G. and J. Robinson, 1797, first edition of the author's first collection of shorter poems, lacking final blank; two works in one volume, contemporary tree calf, black morocco label, spine partially split; 8vo (2)

[Coleridge, Poems:] Hayward 206; Healey 678; Haney 6; Wise 8; Sterling 185
[Southey, Poems:] Hayward 209; Healey 1951; Simmons p.226

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A fine pairing of two Hayward poems published by Cottle in Bristol, on the eve of the printing of Lyrical Ballads, and each the first collection by poets who would become major forces in the Romantic movement.