Shelfmark
Lc.2.26 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Kl.4.23 (Copy 2)
Author
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792 - 1822
Title
Original poetry / by Victor & Cazire (Percy Bysshe Shelley & Elizabeth Shelley); edited by Richard Garnett, C.B., LL.D.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London ; New York : Published by John Lane, at the Sign of the Bodley Head, MDCCCXCVIII [1898].
Physical description
xxviii, 66p ; 23cm.
Note
First published in 1810 and suppressed immediately in consequence of the unwitting inclusion of M. G. Lewis's poem "Saint Edmond's eve". Harriet Grove was originally identified by Cazire but Elizabeth Shelley is now generally accepted as author of part of the poems (information from "A Shelley library" by T. J.Wise).
Note
With reproduction of the title-page from the first edition.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Paper has vertical chain lines; edges uncut.
Provenance
(Copy 1) Ms. bookseller's code and price in pencil.
Provenance
(Copy 2) Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil. Armorial bookplate of Eton College Library. Ms. inscription: "d.d. E. L. Vaughan, 1898".
Binding
(Copy 1) Original blue paper boards with title label on spine and front board.
Added entry--name
Garnett, Richard, 1789 - 1850 Ed.
Added entry--name
Shelley, Elizabeth.
Added entry--name
Vaughan, E. L. (Edward Littleton) (Edward Littleton) donor.
Added entry--name
John Lane Company
Added entry--name
Bodley Head (Firm)
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B20549