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Herrmann, Elizabeth & Ryan Shelley & Ellen Lupton & Jennifer Cole PhillipsBiblio.com

SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe; edited by SHELLEY, Mary:Biblio.com

THE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

27759London: Edward Moxon. 1839. First collected edition. First collected edition. Four volumes. Publisher's original red cloth decorated in blind to the boards and with titles and decoration in gilt to the spines. Page edges untrimmed. Engraved portrait frontispiece to volume one. A very good set the bindings square and firm with some rubbing and fraying at the spine tips and edges volume one with the loss of a small piece of cloth to the upper right side of the spine. The cloth ever so lightly and uniformly faded to the spines is otherwise clean and bright. The hinges are sound. The contents with foxing to the engraved frontispiece are otherwise in excellent order and wonderfully clean throughout remaining free from any previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. A splendid set particularly scarce in the publisher's original cloth. The first complete edition of Percy Shelley's poetical works complied and edited by his wife Mary Shelley. Previously Shelley's poetry had largely been brought before the public in a multiplicity of either private and small-run editions many of which had become increasingly scarce or pirated editions. Percy's father Sir Timothy Shelley feared that a new collected edition would be likely to draw fresh attention to the radical writings of his son. Recognising however that obscurity was unlikely in any case he relented and dropped his objections to Mary producing an official edition. After having attempted to do so since her husband's death in 1822 Mary thus brought Percy's work into the mainstream. Her notes which added significantly to the fuller comprehension of Percy's poetic writings have since become inseparable from the texts themselves and her endeavours ultimately served to secure his position as one of the foremost poets of the English language. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Edward Moxon. 1839 hardcover

Lucius Books · Royaume-Uni1 450,00 £GB≈ 1 655,61 €

SHELLEY, Percy ByssheBiblio.com

The Cenci. A Tragedy. In Five Acts

18213327London: C and J Ollier 1821. Second edition. pp. xvii but xv 104. Lacking half title. The original book has been disbound and the pages cut very neatly and expertly and then carefully pasted at the hinge edge on a leaf of plain white paper so that the leaves of text are interleaved with the plain leaves. This is one way in which prompt books were made allowing for notes and directions to be written on the plain leaves without disturbing the text. The leaves of text are cut to measure 151x95mm and the plain paper is 235x190mm. Bound in contemporary tan half calf marbled paper covered boards. Rebacked with spine lettered in gilt. The centre of the upper and lower covers has a circular morocco label stamped in gilt with a coat of arms around which in a circular band is stamped in gilt in gothic lettering Johannes Ludovicus Gautier. Apart from some scuffing to the boards and bumping to the corners the binding is in very good condition. Internally it is in fine condition with a little marking to the blank pages. On the verso of the front free end paper is inscribed in Gautier's hand "8vo. 1819. Italy Printed. 8vo. 1821. 2 Edition London. Collated. 1823." This unique and somewhat eccentric book contains an interesting story and set of connections. The name on the label on the covers is Johannes Ludovicus Gautier. Almost nothing is known about him but we do know that he bought books from the collection of the actor John Philip Kemble. The collection included numerous prompt books belonging to Kemble including Shakespeare's King John and Julius Caesar which are held at the Folger and William Wycherley's The Plain Dealer at the Huntington. John Kemble retired from the stage in 1817 and mainly lived abroad until his death in Lausanne in 1823. It seems that most of his books were sold in Switzerland in 1821. Those bought by Gautier are all bound in the same way as this copy although some of them have Kemble's arms and name on the upper cover in the same style as those of Gautier's. It seems that Gautier had all the books he acquired from Kemble bound in this way. Although there is no evidence on the book itself that Kemble owned this prompt book of The Cenci the connections and associations all point to his having done so. Shelley wrote The Cenci in 1819 intending that the part of Beatrice be played by Elizabeth O'Neill. Shelley had seen her perform at Covent Garden Theatre and although he was not as Mary Shelley noted particularly keen on the theatre he was so struck by O'Neill that he composed his first play for her. In the event she retired from the stage in 1819 when she married a wealthy Irish MP. John Kemble was the leading male actor at Covent Garden until his retirement and a powerful figure in the London theatre. He was visiting Dublin in 1814 and one evening at the theatre saw Elizabeth perform. He was so impressed that he brought her to London that year where she made her debut as Juliet to huge acclaim. Given the connection between Kemble and O'Neill and Shelley's fascination with Elizabeth it seems likely that Kemble and Shelley would have met in the years before Shelley wrote The Cenci. After the play was published in Italy in an edition of 250 copies Shelley asked a friend to approach the manager of Covent Garden Theatre Kemble and O'Neill's theatre to see if it could be staged there. The manager Thomas Harris declared The Cenci "so objectionable" that it could not be put on. Despite this a second edition of the work was published in 1821. It is quite possible that John Kemble retained his links with Covent Garden theatre and that he acquired this copy through his connections there. The copy has clearly been prepared for use as a prompt book. The fact that the 1821 edition has been prepared in this way suggests that there were still plans to try and stage The Cenci. Perhaps Kemble harboured thoughts of putting on his own production or perhaps he was given this by a theatre colleague who had made it for his or her own use in some future production. It is a fascinating and tantalising object. London: C and J Ollier 1821 hardcover

Voewood Rare Books · Royaume-Uni1 250,00 £GB≈ 1 427,25 €

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