SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). Two autograph letters signed to Edward Fergus Graham the first signed ('Percy B Shelley'), [ postmarked Eton, 6 June 1810 ], stating that he had written to his father 'about your jaunt', begging him not to forget 'my dear flageolet. I shall go mad if it does not come', and asking him to send copies of Zastrozzi to Mr. Hooker and G. Dashwood, both in Christ Church, one page, folio , reverse with address 'Ed. Fergus Graham Esq . . Vine Street Piccadilly London', (seal tear repaired, lower half torn and restored); the second, signed with initials ('PS'), n.p., [? July 1811] , asking him to send on the two parcels which had arrived together with his shooting jacket and shirt ' directly ', promising to pay him as soon as he gets some money, 'I am now as poor as a rat', and adding 'I still remain firm in my resolve to study surgery. You will see that I shall', one page, 4to , (folds weak); together with a portrait engraving. For Graham see preceeding lot. The first letter was known to Griggs only from a catalogue reference, John Davies's sale (9 September 1851, 6/- to Waller). Shelley was sent to Eton in September 1804, remaining there until July 1810, having published in March of that year Zastrozzi, a Romance . The two Christ Church men whom Shelley wished to have copies of Zastrozzi were both Old Etonians, senior to Shelley, Thomas Redman Hooker (later a judge), and George Dashwood (later 5th Baronet). The second letter is dated tentatively July 1811 by Griggs, and was known to him only from a brief catalogue description, Francis Moore's sale (28 April 1856, ¨1.1.0 to Toovey). If he is correct, Shelley was writing from Cwm Elan, the house of his cousin, Thomas Green near Rhayader, in Wales. A letter Shelley wrote to Elizabeth Hitchener in early October 1811 contains his only other desire to study medecine, which has come to light: 'When last I saw you [August 1810], [I] was about to enter into the profession of physic'. Literature ; E.L. griggs, ed. The Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley 1964. Kenneth N. Cameron, ed. Shelley and his Circle, 1773-1822 , 1961. (3)
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822). Two autograph letters signed to Edward Fergus Graham the first signed ('Percy B Shelley'), [ postmarked Eton, 6 June 1810 ], stating that he had written to his father 'about your jaunt', begging him not to forget 'my dear flageolet. I shall go mad if it does not come', and asking him to send copies of Zastrozzi to Mr. Hooker and G. Dashwood, both in Christ Church, one page, folio , reverse with address 'Ed. Fergus Graham Esq . . Vine Street Piccadilly London', (seal tear repaired, lower half torn and restored); the second, signed with initials ('PS'), n.p., [? July 1811] , asking him to send on the two parcels which had arrived together with his shooting jacket and shirt ' directly ', promising to pay him as soon as he gets some money, 'I am now as poor as a rat', and adding 'I still remain firm in my resolve to study surgery. You will see that I shall', one page, 4to , (folds weak); together with a portrait engraving. For Graham see preceeding lot. The first letter was known to Griggs only from a catalogue reference, John Davies's sale (9 September 1851, 6/- to Waller). Shelley was sent to Eton in September 1804, remaining there until July 1810, having published in March of that year Zastrozzi, a Romance . The two Christ Church men whom Shelley wished to have copies of Zastrozzi were both Old Etonians, senior to Shelley, Thomas Redman Hooker (later a judge), and George Dashwood (later 5th Baronet). The second letter is dated tentatively July 1811 by Griggs, and was known to him only from a brief catalogue description, Francis Moore's sale (28 April 1856, ¨1.1.0 to Toovey). If he is correct, Shelley was writing from Cwm Elan, the house of his cousin, Thomas Green near Rhayader, in Wales. A letter Shelley wrote to Elizabeth Hitchener in early October 1811 contains his only other desire to study medecine, which has come to light: 'When last I saw you [August 1810], [I] was about to enter into the profession of physic'. Literature ; E.L. griggs, ed. The Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley 1964. Kenneth N. Cameron, ed. Shelley and his Circle, 1773-1822 , 1961. (3)
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