Lot 77
  • 77

Medwin, Thomas

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Prometheus Bound, a Tragedy, from the Greek of Aeschylus. Sienna: Porri, 1827.
  • Paper, ink, leather
8vo (210 x 130 mm). Some light spotting. Extracted from a bound volume.

first edition, presentation copy. Privately printed in Italy, rather in the manner of Shelley's Cenci. Very rare; the NUC lists only the London reprint of 1832. Medwin was friend and biographer to Shelley and Byron.