First Edition, First Printing; navy c w/gilt titles;slight sunning of spine, lite wear and rubbing; owner's plates; hinge n volume one has been neatly reset400+448 clean, unmarked pages/index.
two volumes document the intense, intellectually charged, and often difficult 1821-1826 courtship between the Scottish essayist and his brilliant, independent wife, revealing their mutual admiration, philosophical debates, and complex personal dynamics