Queen Mab /
Shelley, Percy Bysshe,1792-1822.
Signet Library (Great Britain),former owner.StEdNL
London : Printed and published by W. Clark, 201, Strand,
1821.
In 1821 the publisher William Clark found a copy of the privately printed edition of 1813 and printed this edition without authorisation from either Shelley or the Society for the Prevention of Vice; as a result he was imprisoned for four months (on grounds of distribution of illegal material rather than copyright violation). Some surviving copies of this 1821 edition have the dedication leaf to his first wife Harriet, which was present in the 1813 edition. Since that leaf is also found in varying locations when present, it was at best issued with only some copies and more likely added separately when available. A final advertisement leaf is also present in some copies.
In a volume formerly belonging to the Signet Library (gilt library stamp on upper board).