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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). Prometheus Unbound. A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts With Other
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). Prometheus Unbound. A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts With Other
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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). Prometheus Unbound. A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts With Other Poems. London: C and J Ollier, 1820.

8vo (222 x 140 mm). Half-title. (Few small spots in margins, small marginal closed tear repaired on title.) Late 19th century red levant gilt, top edge gilt, gilt stamp-signed by Riviere & Son (few small splits along joints). Provenance: Georg Clifford Thomas (bookplate); Wilbur B. Foshay (bookplate); William Howard Bovey (bookplate, embossed stamp on G2).

FIRST EDITION, second issue, with "Miscellaneous" correctly spelled on Contents leaf. Considered one of Shelley's masterpieces, Prometheus Unbound is a continuation of the myth of Prometheus, the Titan who defied the gods by giving first to humanity and suffered eternal punishment as a consequence.
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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). Prometheus Unbound. A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts With Other

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