[Rarebooks] FS: First American Edition of William Godwin's ST. LEON, 1801, price reduced
Charles Agvent
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Wed May 20 12:09:09 EDT 2020
Price reduced to $460 NET
GODWIN, William. ST. LEON: A TALE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Alexandria
[VA]: J. & J. D. Westcott for J. V. Thomas, 1801. First American
Edition. First published in England in 1799, this First American Edition
is much scarcer. Two duodecimo volumes in 4s (3-3/4" x 5-7/8") bound in
contemporary calf leather with gilt rules on the spines and burgundy
morocco spine labels; [4], vi, 286; [2], 269, [1] pages with the error
in paging in the first volume, page 47 misnumbered 57. Shaw & Shoemaker
577. This early Gothic novel takes place during the Protestant
Reformation and tells the tale of a penurious noble who finds the
philosopher's stone and an elixir of immortality. It was a source for a
somewhat better known novel, FRANKENSTEIN, by Godwin's daughter, Mary
Shelley, who dedicated that book to her father. An early owner, Joseph
H. Wingate, has written his name twice in each volume, dated 1809. There
is also a faint, early ink stamp for J. W. Sewall on the front endpaper
of each volume. Closed tear to first volume title page with no loss;
text fairly clean. The boards of the second volume are split and holding
by the cords. Overall Very Good.
Godwin's THINGS AS THEY ARE is regarded by some as the first modern
novel. Godwin, "the philosophical representative of English radicalism"
(DNB), also had the distinct honor of reading Thomas Paine's RIGHTS OF
MAN in manuscript. (#017252) $600
https://www.charlesagvent.com/pages/books/017252/william-godwin/st-leon-a-tale-of-the-sixteenth-century
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