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Coleridge's Ancient Mariner Illustrated by David Scott R.S.A.
Hard cover. Good condition. 1883 edition. Rare find.
Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner, illustrated by David Scott RSA, is a beautifully rendered edition that pairs Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s haunting narrative with twenty‑five meticulously crafted monochrome plates. Published in 1837 (and later in 1883), this edition includes a frontispiece and descriptive notices by Rev. A.L. Simpson. Scott completed the illustrations at just 26, before formal art training, bringing a fresh, personal style that impressed Coleridge himself—despite picturing the mariner as already aged during the voyage, a creative liberty Coleridge noted as a "blunder" . Scott’s sketches capture the eerie, dreamlike atmosphere of the poem—intensely expressive hand gestures, stark contrasts, and a vivid sense of the supernatural. This edition remains highly sought after by collectors and students of Romantic art and literature.
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