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[N.p., 1880. Pp. [ii, half-title], [3]-16 (lacking title-page), interleaved. 1 vols. 8vo. Grey mottled cloth. Bookplate of Henry Francis Redhead Yorke on front pastedown. Pp. [ii, half-title], [3]-16 (lacking title-page), interleaved. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed "C.E. Thompson" on the first blank, and extensively annotated throughout, with allusions to Vergil and Milton, citations in Greek, and a transcription of part of Tennyson’s In Memoriam. Provenance: Anderson Sale 1504. Purchases in London and Paris of the Late George D. Smith, Part I, 1920 lot 863; A Catalogue of Original Works By, and of Books Relating to Percy Bysshe Shelley. By Brick Row Book Shop (New York, N.Y.) $3.00

Adonais is a pastoral elegy written by Percy Bysshe Shelley to mourn the death of his friend, the poet John Keats. The poem is considered one of Shelley's most significant works and stands as a poignant tribute to Keats's life and work.