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The poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: PB 15-2007

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The poetical works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Maker(s)

Author: Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Publisher: Edward Moxon
Printer: Bradbury and Evans
Binder (person): Root and Son

Categories

Description

Edited by Mrs. Shelley

Vol. 1 has a frontispiece port. of the poet.
T.p.s have a quotation from Petrarch.
Printer statement from t.p. versos and final leaves.
With half-titles.
Full-cloth (red); blind-tooled frame and gilt border with decorations on covers; gilt ornaments on spine; pages gilt edged. Binder’s stamp: "Bound by Root & Son.
Contents: Contents: I. Queen Mab. Alastor; or, The spirit of solitude. The revolt of Islam--II. Prometheus unbound. The Cenci. Hellas.-- III. Early poems. Poems written from 1816 to 1820.-- IV. Poems written from 1820 to 1822. Translations.

In four volumes.

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2007-06) by Grieve, Marr

Dating

Production date: AD 1839

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 15-2007
Primary reference Number: 156661
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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