Shelley family copy
The Rivals. Tracy's Ambition.
London: Saunders and Otley, 1830.
Price: $750.00
About the item
Second edition. 3 vols. 8vo. Shelley family copy. Near contemporary half-calf and marbled boards. Covers detached, spines perished. Provenance: Margaret Shelley (ownership signature to titles dated 1839); Percy Florence Shelley (bookplate in each volume).
Item #314911
From the library of Sir Percy Florence Shelley (1819-1889), the only surviving child of Percy and Mary Shelley. Sir Percy, who inherited the family baronetcy in 1844 on the death of his grandfather, also inherited his father's papers on the death of Mary Shelley; he and his wife, Jane, Lady Shelley, created at Boscombe Manor something of a shrine to the poet's memory and had much to do with shaping the Victorian cult and myth of Shelley. Margaret Shelley (1801-1887), who owned this copy prior to her nephew, was one of the poet's four younger sisters. The book combines two novels by Griffin, issued together for this second edition, the year after their first appearance.
