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Lot 218
Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021
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[SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe, and his Circle]. A group of 4 works relating to Shelley and his Circle, comprising:
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments. London: Edward Moxon, 1840. 2 volumes. -- DOWDEN, Edward. The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley. London and Philadelphia: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. and J. B. Lippincott Company, 1887. 2 volumes. -- WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary. Letters to Imlay. London: C Kegan Paul, 1879 [but 1878]. -- PAUL, C. Kegan. William Godwin: His friends and Contemporaries. London, Henry S. King and Co., 1876. 2 volumes. -- Together 4 works in 7 volumes, all 8vo, all in 20th-century half morocco bindings gilt, condition generally fine. Provenance: Louis V. Ledoux (1880-1948), American poet, George Edward Woodberry scholar, Japanese print collector (engraved bookplate).
Property from Historic Sengen House, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York