SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE | Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; with Other Poems. London: Printed for C. and Ollier, 1819

SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE

Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; with Other Poems. London: Printed for C. and Ollier, 1819

8vo (203 x 128 mm). Half-title; occasional spotting, lacking publisher's ads at rear. Crushed green morocco with geometric and floral gilt dentelles by Riviere, spine gilt in six compartments, all edges gilt; Extremities sunned, covers lightly soiled. 

First edition. Contains the first book appearance of the poet's celebrated sonnet "Ozymandias," including the famous line: "Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"

REFERENCES

Granniss 49; Ashley Library V, 68; Tinker 1897

PROVENANCE

William Painter (booklabel)