![SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). Two autograph letters signed to Edward Fergus Graham, the first signed ('Percy B Shelley'), [postmarked Eton, 6 June 1810], stating that he had written to his father 'about your jaunt', begging him not to forget 'my dear flageolet. I shall go mad if it does not come', and asking him to send copies of Zastrozzi to Mr. Hooker and G. Dashwood, both in Christ Church, one page, folio, reverse with address 'Ed. Fergus Graham Esq.. Vine Street Piccadilly London', (seal tear repaired, lower half torn and restored);](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1995/CKS/1995_CKS_05424_0367_000(103238).jpg?w=1)
Details
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). Two autograph letters signed to Edward Fergus Graham, the first signed ('Percy B Shelley'), [postmarked Eton, 6 June 1810], stating that he had written to his father 'about your jaunt', begging him not to forget 'my dear flageolet. I shall go mad if it does not come', and asking him to send copies of Zastrozzi to Mr. Hooker and G. Dashwood, both in Christ Church, one page, folio, reverse with address 'Ed. Fergus Graham Esq.. Vine Street Piccadilly London', (seal tear repaired, lower half torn and restored);
the second, signed with initials ('PS'), n.p., [? July 1811], asking him to send on the two parcels which had arrived together with his shooting jacket and shirt 'directly', promising to pay him as soon as he gets some money, 'I am now as poor as a rat', and adding 'I still remain firm in my resolve to study surgery. You will see that I shall', one page, 4to, (folds weak); together with a portrait engraving.
For Graham see preceeding lot.
The first letter was known to Griggs only from a catalogue reference, John Davies's sale (9 September 1851, 6/- to Waller). Shelley was sent to Eton in September 1804, remaining there until July 1810, having published in March of that year Zastrozzi, a Romance. The two Christ Church men whom Shelley wished to have copies of Zastrozzi were both Old Etonians, senior to Shelley, Thomas Redman Hooker (later a judge), and George Dashwood (later 5th Baronet).
The second letter is dated tentatively July 1811 by Griggs, and was known to him only from a brief catalogue description, Francis Moore's sale (28 April 1856, ¨1.1.0 to Toovey). If he is correct, Shelley was writing from Cwm Elan, the house of his cousin, Thomas Green, near Rhayader, in Wales. A letter Shelley wrote to Elizabeth Hitchener in early October 1811 contains his only other desire to study medecine, which has come to light: 'When last I saw you [August 1810], [I] was about to enter into the profession of physic'.
Literature; E.L. griggs, ed. The Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1964.
Kenneth N. Cameron, ed. Shelley and his Circle, 1773-1822, 1961. (3)
the second, signed with initials ('PS'), n.p., [? July 1811], asking him to send on the two parcels which had arrived together with his shooting jacket and shirt 'directly', promising to pay him as soon as he gets some money, 'I am now as poor as a rat', and adding 'I still remain firm in my resolve to study surgery. You will see that I shall', one page, 4to, (folds weak); together with a portrait engraving.
For Graham see preceeding lot.
The first letter was known to Griggs only from a catalogue reference, John Davies's sale (9 September 1851, 6/- to Waller). Shelley was sent to Eton in September 1804, remaining there until July 1810, having published in March of that year Zastrozzi, a Romance. The two Christ Church men whom Shelley wished to have copies of Zastrozzi were both Old Etonians, senior to Shelley, Thomas Redman Hooker (later a judge), and George Dashwood (later 5th Baronet).
The second letter is dated tentatively July 1811 by Griggs, and was known to him only from a brief catalogue description, Francis Moore's sale (28 April 1856, ¨1.1.0 to Toovey). If he is correct, Shelley was writing from Cwm Elan, the house of his cousin, Thomas Green, near Rhayader, in Wales. A letter Shelley wrote to Elizabeth Hitchener in early October 1811 contains his only other desire to study medecine, which has come to light: 'When last I saw you [August 1810], [I] was about to enter into the profession of physic'.
Literature; E.L. griggs, ed. The Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1964.
Kenneth N. Cameron, ed. Shelley and his Circle, 1773-1822, 1961. (3)