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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
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- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
- Christabel: Kubla Khan, A Vision; The Pains of Sleep. London: William Bulmer for John Murray, 1816.
- Paper, ink, leather
8vo (225 x 140 mm). Half-title and publisher's advertisements at end. Uncut; very occasional stain. Cloh case.
first edition and the first appearance of "Kubla Khan", Coleridge's celebrated, but unfinished visionary poem of contested inspiration, probably stemming from an opium-induced hallucination, the composition of which was famously alleged by the poet to have been interrupted by "the man from Porlock".
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea...
lady caroline lamb's copy, with her sketch and writing on page 19. very rare in wrappers and with such an important Romantic era association.
first edition and the first appearance of "Kubla Khan", Coleridge's celebrated, but unfinished visionary poem of contested inspiration, probably stemming from an opium-induced hallucination, the composition of which was famously alleged by the poet to have been interrupted by "the man from Porlock".
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea...
lady caroline lamb's copy, with her sketch and writing on page 19. very rare in wrappers and with such an important Romantic era association.
Provenance
Harry B. Smith ("A Sentimental Library" Â bookplate).
Literature
 Ashley I, p.204; Grolier English 70; Hayward 207; Tinker 693; Wise Coleridge 32.