Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Rambles in Germany and Italy
£756
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
in 1840, 1842 and 1843. London: E. Moxon, 1844. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, half brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, t.e.g., spines gilt, neat signature on front endpapers 'J. Shelley Rolls", spines lightly faded
Footnote
Note:
Rambles in Germany and Italy was Mary Shelley's last full-length work. It is based on letters written during two journeys she made with Percy Florence and several of his friends in 1840 and 1842-1843. Like her first book, History of a Six Weeks' Tour, Rambles is more than a simple travel memoir. It blends Romantic values, female emancipation and political advocacy, and includes Mary's comments on war, national manners, historical perspectives, and political observations.
Provenance:
Sir John Courtown Edward Shelley-Rolls, 6th Bt. (1871-1961), whose grandfather was John Shelley (1806-66), younger brother of the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822).