Paris: A. and W. Galignani, 1829
8vo, xi + 275pp. Rebound in half-leather hardcover binding, 5 raised bands, gilt lettering to spine, marbled edges, boards and endpapers.
This edition of Shelley’s poems (with an introductory ‘Memoir’ by his wife Mary Shelley) was originally published in a volume also containing the poems of Coleridge and Keats. The original volume has been broken up, and the pages containing Shelley’s poems have been rebound into one book. Published in 1829, only a few years after Shelley’s early death in 1822.
Condition: Good. Rubbing, scuff marks and wear to boards and spine, rear board has almost come loose. Light foxing throughout, small creases to some of the pages. With a fixed lint bookmark.
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 8vo
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