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Treuttel and Wurtz. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. London, 1830; volume one only of three volumes; rebound in green cloth library binding with library markings; no dust jacket; tight binding; clean interior; 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall; 454 pages.

Treuttel and Wurtz. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. London, 1830; volume two only of three volumes; rebound in green cloth library binding with library markings; no dust jacket; tight binding; clean interior; 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall; 495 pages.

London: Treuttel and Wu¨rtz, Treuttel Jun. and Richter, 1828. RARE. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half title page of Vols. II and III - "Mr.(&) M. Trafford Southwell, Wroxham Hall, from the author". Three volumes, First Editions, published 1828-1830. Bound in unsigned 19th c. half green morocco over marbled boards, marbled end papers, tops gilt, Near Fine, a trifle rubbed. William Taylor, of Norwich (1765-1836) was a British essayist, literary critic,scholar, and polyglot, to whom William Hazlitt paid tribute in "The Spirit of the Age " - "The style of philosophical criticism, which has been the boast of the Edinburgh Review, was first introduced into the Monthly Review about the year 1796, in a series of articles by Mr. William Taylor of Norwich". This Historic Survey of German Poetry is considered Taylor's major work, and was considered a major factor in furthering British interest in German literature. A copy last seen at auction in 1968 (RareBookHub),… Read More