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TRELAWNEY, E[dward] J[ohn]. Recollections of the last days of shelley and byron.

London. Edward Moxon, 1858. First edition.
8vo. viii, 304pp. With a half-title, a lithographed portrait frontispiece, and a further three engraved plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-calf, marbled paper boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting.
The first edition of Edward John Trelawny's (1792-1881) popular biographical memoir of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. An intimate companion of both poets, Trewlany provides insightful details regarding the lives of the Romantics in Europe - indeed it was he who organised Shelley's cremation. He subsequently rewrote the work, publishing in 1878 under the title of Records of Shelley, Byron, and the Author.
£ 150.00 Antiquates Ref: 32496