Rare and highly collectible first American edition (1876) of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, illustrated by the legendary French artist Gustave Doré. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, this monumental edition features Doré’s dramatic full-page engravings, widely regarded as some of the most iconic and haunting illustrations of any literary work.

Bound in original maroon cloth with elaborate gilt-stamped cover and spine, the book includes Doré’s darkly romantic engravings that bring Coleridge’s epic poem to life with unparalleled intensity.

• Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• Illustrator: Gustave Doré

• Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York

• Year: 1876 (First U.S. Edition)

• Binding: Original maroon cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine

• Features: Full-page engraved illustrations by Gustave Doré

• Condition: Wear to corners and edges, some foxing to pages, binding solid overall (see photos)

This edition represents a milestone in illustrated publishing, uniting one of the most celebrated poems of the English Romantic era with one of the greatest illustrators of the 19th century. A must-have for collectors of rare books, Romantic poetry, and Doré’s masterful engravings.

Doré illustrated The Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost, Don Quixote, and The Bible, but his work for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is considered among his most atmospheric and enduring.