Aids to Reflection – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Aids to Reflection. By Samuel Taylor Coleridge. London: Edward Moxon, 1854, Fore-edge Painting, Association Copy.

Fore-edge painting depicting Westminster Bridge and the House of Parliament. Period full dark navy morocco, gilt ruled boards, inner dentelle, and fleuron at spine. Mostly very good, a little luster lost, showing a little wear primarily at edges.

Association copy, inscribed and signed by Edith Coleridge 1855 (granddaughter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge). Edith’s mother, Sara, had married her cousin, Henry Nelson Coleridge, who was the uncle of Samuel and also his literary executor and editor.