Adonais

by Essex House, Percy Bysshe Shelley

$2,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

No. 27 of 50 copies on vellum. 30, 1 pp. Handcolored woodcut frontispiece by Ashbee; rubricated with handcolored initials. 8vo. Original full vellum, blindstamped rose and Soul is Form motto to front cover, gilt-lettered spine. Wear to board edges and foot of spine, pastedowns loosening. A bit of soiling to one tissue guard, vellum leaves clean and bright. An attractive, very good copy. Housed in linen slipcase. Ransom, Private Presses 6 p.

• Binding: Leather

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