Title: Endymion: :
Authors: Keats, John,; Kelsall, J. S.,; Taylor and Hessey,
Date: 1818
Publisher: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 93, Fleet Street.,
Physical description: ix, [3], 207, [1] p. ; 23 cm (8vo)
Language: English
LC classification: P
Abstract: Keats' first long poem and second published work, one of only three books he published in his lifetime. Based on the Greek myth of Endymion, which tells of a shepherd with whom the moon goddess Selene falls in love. Keats expanded the myth and renamed the goddess Cynthia.
Notes: First edition of Keats' first long poem and second published work, one of only three books he published in his lifetime. Based on the Greek myth of Endymion, which tells of a shepherd with whom the moon goddess Selene falls in love. Keats expanded the myth and renamed the goddess Cynthia. Printer's imprint from verso of half-title. Printer statement also appears on p. 207: T. Miller, Printer, Noble Street, Cheapside. Divided into four books, with sectional half-title on p. [1], [51], [103] and [157]. The lines of each book are numbered by tens (lines divided between the end of one paragraph and the beginning of the next counting as two). [A]1: half-title; [A]2: title page, verso blank; [A3]: Dedication to Thomas Chatterton; [A]4-5: Preface, [A]5 verso blank; [A]6: Erratum. Signatures: [A]⁶ [B]⁸ C-O⁸. Additional errata slip tipped in some copies (first edition, second issue). Some copies have [4] p. of advertisements at end. Other states of this edition have variant errata and printer's imprint (T. Miller, Printer ...). See MacGillivray. Wove paper, with watermark 1817. First edition, first issue. First edition, first issue. First edition, first issue. Copy 2. Erratum leaf inserted after t.-p. Four pages of advertisements at end dated May 1818. In blue paper boards. Copy 3. Original beige boards, red half-morocco slipcase; no advertisements; gift of Archibald S. Alexander, Class of 1928. Red morocco binding with gilt decoration on spine and marbled endpapers.
Subject headings (LCSH): Endymion (Greek mythology); English literature--19th century; English poetry--19th century; Hofheimer, Henry and Hannah,; Poetry.; Romanticism--England