Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound & Shelley: Prometheus Unbound, Percy Bysshe Shelley, NF HC

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, London, England: The Bodlley Head, 1966, Near Fine, 7 ¼” x 10 ¾”, 4to, 161 pp. Near Fine quarto, black leather with gilt design to front and back cover, gilt to spine. Near Fine slipcase, orange over paper with small stain, 161 pp. Illustrated by John Farleigh in black-and-white. Preface by John Warner. In Frankenstein and Prometheus Bound, both Victor Frankenstein and the Titan Prometheus suffer dire consequences for defying natural or divine order—Frankenstein by creating life and abandoning it, and Prometheus by giving fire to humanity—each facing enduring punishment and the shadow of retribution. A pairing of Aeschylus’s Prometheus Bound with Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound, offering a richly illustrated exploration of the ancient myth and its romantic reinterpretation, bound in an elegant edition with artwork by John Farleigh.