"Some portions of this volume have already been given to the public . in various magazines."-- Pref. ; Lessing.--Winckelmann.--Moses Mendelssohn.--Herder.--Goethe.--Ludwig Tieck.--Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis)--The romantic element in German literature.--German philosophy and political life. ; Mode of access: Internet.
Publisher's advertisement facing title page. ; Dedicated, "To Christina G. Rossetti."--P. [v]. ; "London: Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street."--Title page verso. ; "First edition."--Cf. Kerr. ; Shepherd, R.H. Swinburne, ; Wise, T.J. Swinburne (Bonchurch), ; Wise, T.J. Swinburne Lib. (1925), ; Kerr, L. Swinburne Cat., ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Spec: Copy 3: Armorial bookplate of Lowell Kerr on front pastedown. Paper browning. ; Spec: Copy 2: Bookplate: Exlibris John A. Spoor, 1921. Ms. note affixed to front fly-leaf: "Swinburne's Roundels ., with autograph letters attached both from Swinburne himself and from W. Theodore Watts-Dunton, in reference to it"--A.H.J. (i.e., Alexander H. Japp), the recipient of the letters. Manuscripts removed to Modern Manuscripts, Swinburne Collection. Cloth puckering; paper browning; very fragile. ; Spec: Copy 1: Armorial bookplates: T. Tileston Wells; Lowell Kerr. Bookseller's label on front pastedown at lower spinefold: Sold by Slatter and Rose, Oxford. Cloth puckering; scuffed; head of spine damaged. ; Spec: All copies: Bound in blue-green cloth; gilt fillet line-border on front cover and in blind on rear cover; gilt lettering on spine; corners bumped.