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Lot 206
Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$469
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Lot Description
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). The Cenci. A Tragedy, in Five Acts. London: C. and J. Ollier, 1821.
8vo (222 x 138 mm). 20th-century half maroon morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut; ORIGINAL WRAPPERS bound in, original printed label to front wrapper. Provenance: Robert Ellis (early signature on title-page); Louis V. Ledoux (1880-1948), American poet, George Edward Woodberry scholar, Japanese print collector (engraved bookplate).
Second edition, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, preceded by an 1819 edition printed in Livorno, Italy, in an edition of only 250 copies.
Property from Historic Sengen House, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York