Shelfmark
Ib5.2.55
Author
Title
Original poetry / by Victor & Cazire [Percy Bysshe Shelley & Elizabeth Shelley]. Edited by Richard Garnett.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : John Lane, at the sign of the Bodley Head in London and New York, MDCCCXCVIII. [1898]
Physical description
xxvii, 66 p. ; 23 cm. (8vo)
Note
With reproduction of original title-page
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. cf. Introd.; T. J. Wise's "A Shelley library" p. 30, 96; W. E. Peck's "Shelley: his life and work", 1927
Note
Colophon: "Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. London & Edinburgh".
Citation/references note
Wise, Ashley Catalogue, v. 5, p. 48
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
Binding
19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Subject
English poetry 19th century.
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Lane, John, 1854 - 1925 publisher.
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Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
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Ballantyne, Hanson and Co. printer.
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England London.
Identifier
B37096