ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD, THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, [and] THANATOPSIS

Gray, Thomas, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and William Cullen Bryant

New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, circa 1900. Hardcover. A late Victorian era gift set. Widely read during the 19th century, all three poems explore themes of death and the relationship between humanity and nature. 12mo, three volumes: various paginations, each with a frontispiece illustration. In the publisher's full crushed brown morocco bindings, with black-stamped borders and accents; gilt-stamped borders, ornaments, and titling; and ornamental dentelles. Top edge gilt, with brown cloth endpapers and a ribbon marker. The spines are darkened just a touch; else a lovely set. Housed in a felt-lined brown leather slipcase, which is a bit scuffed along the extremities. Item #79267

Price: $400.00