Shelfmark
Kl.2.28 - Kl.2.29
Author
Title
Letters from Percy Bysshe shelley to J. H. Leigh Hunt / edited by Thomas J. Wise.
Varying form of title
Letters to Leigh Hunt
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : privately printed, 1894.
Physical description
2 v. ([4], ix, [3], 74, [6] p. ; [8], vii, [3], 69, [7] p.) ; 20 cm.
Note
"Of this book six copies only have been printed upon vellum".
Note
First editions, one of six copies on vellum. A further thirty copies were printed on Whatman paper.
Note
Half-title page title: Letters to Leigh Hunt.
Note
Two initial and two final blank leaves in vol. 1 amd four initial and two final blank leaves in vol. 2 included in pagination.
Note
Colophon woodcut device in both volumes: The Ashley Library.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Herbert S. Leon.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Alington.
Binding
19th century crushed black morocco; hollow spine with six raised bands; gilt spine title; gilt turn-ins; gilt top edge.
Subject
Subject
Genre/Form
Letters.
Genre/Form
Vellum printings.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Leon, Herbert S. (Herbert Samuel), 1850 - 1926 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B47763