1884 Select Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Leather Binding

With a portrait frontispiece. A select collection of the letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley, an English writer considered one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements grew steadily following his death. He became an important influence on subsequent generations of poets. Edited with an introduction from Richard Garnett, a scholar, librarian, biographer, poet and astrologer who was keeper of printed books at British Museum. Bound by Zaehnsdorf.