Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
June 1896
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/46
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    355 356 357 358 360 361 28 SHELLEY (P. B.) QUEEN Maps; a Philosophical Poem : with Notes, FIRST EDITION, very fine copy, green morocco extra, double red morocco, tooled, g.e. by F. Bedford London, printed by P. B. Shelley, 1813 y* THIS COPY IS OF THE HIGHEST INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE, as it contains the NOTES AND CoRRECTIONS believed by the owner to be FROM THE HAND OF SHELLEY, for the publication of the ‘‘Dezmon of the World,” which was published in ‘‘ Alastor,” 1816. An account of this copy is given in “Middleton’s Shelley and his Writings.” . .. See a long M.S. description of this volume written by the owner inserted. The name of the printer has been cut out of the last leaf, but a printed slip is supplied to replace the defect. Mr. Buxton Forman also claims to be in possession of the origina] copy with the Manuscript alterations. As this is a vexed question, collectors must form their own opinion. Shelley (P. B.) Queen Mab, engraved title, J. Brooks, 421 Oxford Street, 1829 (the edition of 1821, with a new title)—Prometheus Unbound, a Lyrical Drama, with other Poems, FIRST EDITION, 1820—HELLAS, a Lyrical Drama, FIRST EDITION, 1822, very scarce—in 1 vol. half morocco 1820-29 SHELLEY (P. B.) ALastTor; or The Spirit of Solitude, and other Poems, FIRST EDITION, green morocco extra, gilt top, uncut, by ft. Bedford 1816 * * VERY RARE. Mr. Dew-Smith’s copy sold for £9. Shelley (P. B.) History of a Six Weeks’ Tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland, with Letters, &c. FIRST EDITION, calf extra, gilt top, uncut, by F. Bedford 1817 SHELLEY (P. B.) LAon anp CytTuna; or, The Revolution of the Golden City: a Vision of the Nineteenth Century, in the stanza of Spenser, VERY FINE COPY, calf extra, gilt top, uncut, by fF. Bedford 1818 SHELLEY (P. B.) THE RrEvoit or IsLam (Laon AND CyTHNA), a Poem, FINE copy, calf extra, gilt top, uncut, by F. Bedford C. & J. Olter, 1817 1818. The text is really the original “Laon and Cythna” before the cancelled leaves were reprinted, and then issued with the title “ Revolt of Islam, 1818.” Shelley (P. B.) The Revolt of Islam, a Poem, FIRST EDITION, 1818 —Rosalind and Helen, a Modern Eclogue ; with other Poems, FIRST EDITION, 1819—The Cenci, a Tragedy, second edition, 1821—in 1 vol. half morocco 1818-21 Shelley (P. B.) Rosalind and Helen, a Modern Eclogue; with other Poems, FIRST EDITION, ved morocco extra, gilt top, uncut, by Riviere 1819
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