




The Cenci: A Tragedy, In Five Acts | First Edition
For C. And J. Ollier
1819
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A first edition of The Cenci: A Tragedy, In Five Acts by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
First edition of Shelley's dramatization of this dark tale of parricide, child abuse, and incest based on actual events and arguably the most enduring Romantic verse-play. Only 250 copies were printed, according to Shelley himself. According to Granniss, "With the exception of Queen Mab, The Cenci is the only one of Shelley's works which reached a second edition during his lifetime ." On the other hand, the play was never staged until the Shelley Society produced it on the occasion of Robert Browning's birthday, on May 7, 1886.
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Edward Huth was born on 8 January 1847, the eldest son of the book collector Henry Huth (1815-1878).
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Spine neatly rebacked retaining the original spine.
Engraved bookplate of Edward Huth to front pastedown.
Internally clean and bright.
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