Ollier

1848 · 179268 — London: Charles Ollier 1848. First collected edition of this denunciation of superstition by Shelley and Keats's publisher. It includes essays on the fallacies of "spectral appearances" and "ominous night noises" alongside gothic short stories with rational conclusions. They first appeared in Ainsworth's Magazine and are here revised and enlarged. Ollier 1788-1859 published Keats's first volume of poetry Poems 1817 and several works by Shelley including Laon and Cyntha 1817 and Prometheus Unbound 1820. Octavo. Wood-engraved frontispiece 2 plates all with tissue guards and by George Mearsom. Original purplish brown cloth spine lettered in gilt and ruled in blind covers framed and decoratively stamped in blind yellow coated endpapers edges uncut. Partially erased ownership inscription dated 1848 reading "Blackwood Surgeon" on front pastedown later shelf marks in ink to rear pastedown. Corners bumped spine ends worn spine toned foxing and pale damp stains to plates occasional faint marks to contents: a very good copy. hardcover