Many of the original drafts of Shelley's work are noted as residing at Oxford's Bodlien Library, the poet's alma mater. This iconography may specifically reference Mary and Percy Shelley's collaboration on a drama of the same name, composed in 1820. The decoration of the binding with pomegranates, a commonly used symbol of the Romantics, alludes to the Roman myth of Proserpine, Queen of the Underworld who famously ate a single seed of the fruit, resulting in her imprisonment by Hades, and leading to creation of the seasons. Prefaces and other notes are included from Mary Shelley, the poet's wife. A comprehensive anthology-arranged chronologically- of the top-drawer English Romantic poet's work in one small, exquisite package. Includes juvenalia, notes on the text, selected bibliography, and index of first lines. Condition Near Fine, with light age toning to the text, and one very minor crimp to fore edge of title page. Hard cover, 12 mo, (4 3/4 x 7 inches), in blue crushed morocco with a single gilt border, 5 raised bands enclosing compartments with gilt titles and three alternating, slightly differing, pomegranate motifs, gilt dentelles, watercolor effect paste downs, signature to front pastedown, all edges gilt, gilt indentations decorating the head and foot of spine, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait, and printed on india paper. Schöne Jugendstil-Einbände - Weitere Bilder auf Anfrage oder auf unserer Homepage. Vorsätze etwas stockfleckig, sonst nur minimal stockfleckig. Die Deckel mit Muster aus goldgeprägten Linien und gepunkteten Linien, Steh- und reiche Innenkantenvergoldung, handgestochene rot-weiße Kapitale, Goldschnitt.
Zwei dunkelgrüne, ungeglättete Maroquinbände der Zeit mit goldgeprägten Rückentiteln, jeweils zwei reich fleural vergoldeten Rückenfeldern sowie Doppellinien, die die sechs Rückenfelder trennen. Printed at the Chiswick Press on Dickinson handmade paper with the watermark 'D & Co'. (Endleaves foxed, some minor foxing, else fine.
Contemporary dark green morocco (157 x 103 x 32 / 27 mm), gilt lettering and floral decorations in compartments, Covers gilt with lines and dotted lines, turn-ins richly gilt.
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