Research Catalog

Title

Queen Mab : a philosophical poem : with notes / by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Author

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822.

Publication

London : Printed by P.B. Shelley ..., 1813.

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Details

Additional Authors

Shelley, Harriet, 1795-1816

Description

[4], 240 p.; 21 cm.

Note

• Signatures: [A]² B-Q⁸.
• Dedication: "To Harriet *****" (p. [iii]).

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Indexed In (note)

• Forman, H.B. Shelley library
• Wise, T.J. Shelley library

Call Number

Pforz (Shelley, P. B. Queen Mab. 1813)

OCLC

• 1944471
• NYPG03-B4

Author

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822.

Title

Queen Mab : a philosophical poem : with notes / by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Imprint

London : Printed by P.B. Shelley ..., 1813.

Indexed In:

Forman, H.B. Shelley library, 21

Wise, T.J. Shelley library, p. 39

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy 1 : Provenance: Winston H. Hagen (book-plate). -- Binding: Red hard-grain morocco, heavily decorated in gilt, in marbled paper folder with green morocco spine and gilt titling; within marbled paper slip-case.

Pforzheimer copy 2 : Provenance: "C:B:M to N.S. Maskelyne Weybridge 1853, June 7, 9 A.M. a gift rejected and so resumed C.B. Mansfield 12 noon" (in ink on front free endpaper). -- Binding: Later gray-green boards, red morocco lettering piece, gilt titling.

Pforzheimer copy 3 : Binding: Original drab boards, untrimmed; in red hard grain morocco pull-off case with gilt decorations and titling.

Pforzheimer copy 4 : Provenance: E.J. Proctor (stamped on front paste-down and t.p.) -- Binding: Original drab boards, hand-written spine-title.

Pforzheimer copy 5 : Lacking title-page and dedication leaf. -- Colophon on p. 239 excised. -- Provenance: "Shelley had thirty copies of this poem printed for his friends. It was never published by him. This copy was given to Horace Smith -- the bookseller tore of [sic] his name & the printers to avoid prosecution. E.J. Trelawny : W.M. Rosetti [sic], from his friend E.J. Trelawny, 15 July 1892" (in ink on front free endpaper); "Trelawny has misdated the gift to me, & I suppose he was wrong in thinking that only 30 copies were printed -- some slight pencilings in the text may I presume be by Horace Smith. W.M.R., 1905" (in pencil on front free endpaper). -- Binding: Modern dark brown hard grain morocco, red morocco lettering piece, gilt titling.

Pforzheimer copy 6 : Colophon on p. 239 excised. -- Provenance: Richard Middleton's copy with his pencil and ink version of Shelley's emendations in his copy. -- Green hard grain morocco, gilt spine titling and decoration.

Pforzheimer copy 7 : *Pforz 559R 07 : This copy contains Shelley's holograph revisions and drawings ; cf. Shelley and His Circle vol. IV, p. 487-568. -- Lacking title-page and dedication leaf. -- Binding : Buff boards, slate spine ; in olive green straight grain morocco box with gilt rules and titling ; within linen case.

Pforzheimer copy 8 : *Pforz 559L 10 : Lacking title-page and dedication leaf. Binding: Original drab boards; in dark green hard grain morocco drop-back box lined in marbled paper by James MacDonald Co., New York City. -- Acquired by Carl H. Pforzheimer at Parkr Bernet galleries, February 18, 1953, no. 484, through A. S. W. Rosenbach.

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Added Author

Shelley, Harriet, 1795-1816, dedicatee.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822, annotator.

Hagen, Winston H. (Winston Henry), 1859-1918, former owner.

Mansfield, C. B., former owner.

Proctor, E. J., former owner.

Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881, inscriber.

Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881, former owner.

Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919, former owner.

Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919, inscriber.

Smith, Horace, 1779-1849, former owner.

Middleton, Richard, 1882-1911, former owner.

Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957, former owner.

Research Call Number

*Pforz 559R 07

*Pforz 559L 10