1886 2vol The Life Of Percy Bysshe Shelley by E. Dowden Antique History Book Set

1886 2vol The Life Of Percy Bysshe Shelley by E. Dowden Antique History Book SetThe Life Of Percy Bysshe ShelleyBy Edward DowdenPublished by Kegan Paul, Trench & Co: London 1886 1st EditionComplete 2 Volume SetVolume 1 has 554 pagesVolume 2 has 586 pages"Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822) was an English writer who is considered as one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death, and he became an important influence on subsequent generations of poets, including Robert Browning, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Thomas Hardy, and W. B. Yeats. American literary critic Harold Bloom describes him as "a superb craftsman, a lyric poet without rival, and surely one of the most advanced sceptical intellects ever to write a poem."Light wear, minor peeling and fading to covers and spines as shown. Tasteful bookplate present. Pages are remarkably clean and crisp. Binding is in wonderful condition with no loose pages and both volumes are of excellent structural integrity. Volume 1 contains 2 full page illustrations + frontis (no illustration index). Volume 2 contains 5 full page illustrations + frontis (indexed). A very nice, complete 2 volume set. Please study photos to further understand condition.Size 22cm x 15cm x 4cm (approx x 2 volumes)