[Rarebooks] FS: SIGNED Letter by the Author of FRANKENSTEIN

[Charles Agvent]

SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) by the 
Author of FRANKENSTEIN. Rome, 6 April [1843]. A three-page AUTOGRAPH 
LETTER SIGNED "Mary Shelley" written in Italian on one sheet of an 8" x 
5" piece of paper folded to 4" x 5," dated 6 April [1843]. A rough 
translation:
"Esteemed Sir. Thank you so much for your card -- and your kindness. I 
feel ashamed thinking about all the inconvenience that you are 
experiencing due to that annoying matter [strikethrough] of Tozzetti, 
but I am pleased that he is not obtaining all he was looking for. He 
deserved nothing. Thank you for the letter -- maybe others will come for 
us either sent to your address or simply to Florence. Would you 
graciously send someone to the post office to ask for our letters and 
send them here. My debt I would come and pay. I hope it is not too big 
to be a burden on my conscience, and I will find a way to repay it. 
[strikethrough] I hope that the weather has improved and that Nerina 
feels better. I would really love to see you and Nerina again. And who 
knows if I won't see both in England, but first it is easy that we will 
meet in Florence. Goodbye dear sir. Please consider me your servant and 
friend. M Shelley."

The recipient, Tuscan nobleman Bartolomeo Cini, was married to Nerina 
King, daughter of Irish writer Margaret King who was a favored pupil of 
Mary's mother, Mary Wollstonecraft. Mary Shelley was in correspondence 
with him in regard to getting his assistance to retrieve letters by her 
husband, Percy, that were sent to King. Shelley's 1840s travels through 
Europe with her son Percy and his friends formed the basis of her 
travelogue, RAMBLES IN GERMANY AND ITALY, IN 1840, 1842, AND 1843. Mild 
crease from mailing. Near Fine. (#020641)        $8,500

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