Lot 479
Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft) Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus, third edition, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.
Hammer Price: £5,800
Description
Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft) Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus, third edition, additional engraved vignette title and engraved frontispiece (both browned), 2 leaves advertisements at beginning and end, bound with vol.1 of Schiller's The Ghost-Seer as issued, original plum cloth, spine and lower cover faded, 8vo, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.
⁂ The first illustrated edition, with the frontispiece depicting the monster coming to life. Also includes the author's new preface in which she describes the origin of the story and the famous night of storytelling at the Villa Diodati with her husband, neighbour Byron and his doctor Polidori.
Description
Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft) Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus, third edition, additional engraved vignette title and engraved frontispiece (both browned), 2 leaves advertisements at beginning and end, bound with vol.1 of Schiller's The Ghost-Seer as issued, original plum cloth, spine and lower cover faded, 8vo, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.
⁂ The first illustrated edition, with the frontispiece depicting the monster coming to life. Also includes the author's new preface in which she describes the origin of the story and the famous night of storytelling at the Villa Diodati with her husband, neighbour Byron and his doctor Polidori.
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