History of a Six Weeks' Tour Through A Part of France,Switzerland,Germany,And Holland With Letters Descriptive of a Sail Round The Lake of Geneva,and of The Glaciers of Chamouni
Book Description
A Rare copy certainly in original boards uncut with spine rubbed and repaired at some stage.This issue of the six weeks tour is very rare title with a new title page only,the original issue was anonymous but this one has Shelley's name on the Title Page.The original label to spine is present but very worn.Outer boards are marked in places with ink stain to the top edge of the upper cover.There is one former owner's bookplate showing to the front pastedown.Contents remain clean for the most part,a fragile binding but still holding.Deckled page edges or rough cut.The work is a travel narrative by the English Romantic Authors Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley and describes a couple of trips taken by Mary, Percy, and Mary's stepsister Claire Clairmont one of which was across Europe in 1814, and one to Lake Geneva in 1816.The work is divided into 3 sections and the text consists of a journal, four letters, and Percy Shelley's famous poem 'Mont Blanc'.The text was mostly organised by Mary Shelley and in 1840 she revised the journal and the letters
publishing them in a collection of Percy Shelley's writings.A wonderful collector's item,12mo 183pp [1929]
Author
Percy Shelley
Date
1829
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
J Brooks
Condition
Good
Pages
183
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