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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). The Revolt of Islam, London: C. and J. Ollier, 1818. 8° (206 x 133mm). Errata at end. (A few spots at end.) Contemporary calf gilt (spine torn with loss, extremities rubbed). Provenance: SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON'S COPY (bookplate).
Second edition, published in the same year as the first edition. This epic political poem was originally written under the title "Laon and Cythna: or The Revolution in the Golden City, A Vision of the Nineteenth Century". Wise p.49.
Second edition, published in the same year as the first edition. This epic political poem was originally written under the title "Laon and Cythna: or The Revolution in the Golden City, A Vision of the Nineteenth Century". Wise p.49.
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