Lot 141
- 141
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe
- Autograph letter signed ("Percy B. Shelley"), to William Laing
- ink and paper
1 page plus integral address leaf in his hand (8 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.; 215 x 180 mm), London, 27 September 1815; formerly folded, small fold tear running through one word with small mend, stains from seal and outer edge of address leaf mended without loss. Accompanied by an etched (and somewhat spotted) portrait.
Provenance
Sold in these rooms, 23 May 1979, lot 19 (unnamed consignor)
Literature
Roger Ingpen, ed., Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley 1:210
Condition
formerly folded, small fold tear running through one word with small mend, stains from seal and outer edge of address leaf mended without loss.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Shelley writes to a bookseller for titles missing from his order. A letter of great interest in light of the influence of Euripides on the work of Shelley.
Among Shelley's debts paid by his father in May 1815 (see White, Shelley, 1:398) is a sum owed to a Mr. Laing; this is presumably the present correspondent, a bookseller then located at No. 49 South Bridge Street, Edinburgh: "In unpacking the books which arrived from Edinburgh, I discover the following have been omitted, doubtless thro' mistake: Drummonds Academical Questions, Euripides Hippolytus (Monk), Euripides Heraclidae (Elmseii), Hoorgeveen De Particulis. I should feel myself much obliged if you would send these books, whi♒ch have undoubtedly been mislaid & confounded with yours — address to me at Mr. Hookham's 12 Stone Street."