SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Adonais. An Elegy on the Death of John Keats. Cambridge: Printed by W. Metcalfe and sold by Messrs. Gee & Bridges, 1829.

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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Adonais. An Elegy on the Death of John Keats. Cambridge: Printed by W. Metcalfe and sold by Messrs. Gee & Bridges, 1829.

8o. (Some pale staining and browning, some chipping to edges.) Gatherings stitched; quarter morocco folding case.

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. According to the publisher's note: "The present Edition is an exact reprint (a few typographical errors only being corrected,) of the first edition of 'Adonais,'--dated 'Pisa, with the types of Didot, MDCCCXXI'" (see previous lot). Ashley V, p.79; Granniss Shelley 72; Tinker 1902; Wise Shelley, p.61.

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