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[COSWAY BINDING, style of]. SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. The Poetical Works. London, 1870. 2 vols., 8vo, later blue morocco, central gilt initials "PSB" on light blue morocco onlay on upper covers, lower covers with central gilt pansie on red morocco onlay, surrounded by lettering: "Pansies let my Flowers be," each cover with double gilt fillet and various other ornamental borders, each corner with 3 floral designs maid up from smaller tolls and and red morocco onlays, spine in six compartments, gilt lettered in two, gilt geometrical design in others, g.e.; UPPER DOUBLURE OF FIRST VOL. SET WITH AN OVAL PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF SHELLEY, SURROUNDED BY A GILT OVAL BORDER SET WITH 6 PEARLS framed in metal and within a panel of light blue morocco, elaborately tooled with floral designs maid up of smaller tools and white morocco onlays, other doublures with gilt border around a broad panel containing repeated and continuous gilt sprays of pansies and a floral design of gilt and white morocco onlays in each corner, lower turn-ins stamp-signed "Bound for Chas. D. Sawyer, Ltd. London," slik watered free endpapers, upper cover of vol. II skilfully repaired, outer edges slightly bumped, minor rubbing to upper joint of vol. I; slipcase. (2)