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Frankenstein: or, The modern Prometheus, Volume II

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

  • Alphabet discs
  • The spot where the body of Shelley was burned
  • Sketchbook containing views recording a tour in Switzerland and France
  • Anne Wagner album
  • Lord Byron, as he appeared after his daily ride at Pisa & Genoa
  • Julia Conyers album
  • Watercolor portrait of Lord Byron
  • The great aerial navigator, or atmospheric machine!
  • Conundrum fan
  • Ettore
  • Lives of the necromancers (with tipped in autograph letter signed to Thomas Northmore, 3 January [1803])
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet
  • Frankenstein: or, The modern Prometheus; to which is added vol. 1 of F. Schiller's The Ghost-Seer
  • Lady Anne Hamilton commonplace book of poetry
  • Songs of innocence
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Title
Frankenstein: or, The modern Prometheus, Volume II
Names
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 (Author)
Vickery, Willis, 1857-1932 (Former owner)
Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957 (Former owner)
Godwin, William, 1756-1836 (Dedicatee)
Collection

Frankenstein: or, The modern Prometheus. In three volumes

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1818
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones
Edition: First edition
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: *Pforz 559R 02
Topics
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein
Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
Genres
Books
Notes
Content: Pforzheimer copy 1 : *Pforz 559R 02 : Mottled pink paper boards, printed paper spine labels, untrimmed; in red cloth jackets with hand-lettered paper spine labels; in light blue cloth folder with some interior marbling; in dark blue straight grain-morocco and light blue cloth slip-case with bevelled front edges, gilt letters on back. -- In ink on front free endpapers; R W Sparks/? Grittleton School; book-plate of Willis Vickery. -- Acquired by Carl H. Pforzheimer at the Vickery sale, Anderson galleries, March 1933, through A. S. W. Rosenbach, lot 128.
Content: Advertisements at back of v. 2: 8 p.
Content: 12mo. v. 2 signatures: [A]², B-G¹², H⁶, I⁴
Physical Description
Extent: 2 p.l., 156, [8] p.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13399796
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 25571410-1124-0133-0f9a-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1797: Creator Born
  • 1818: Issued
  • 1851: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Frankenstein" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1818. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b3aff137-c38c-9d1c-e040-e00a18065e54

Chicago/Turabian Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Frankenstein" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 16, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b3aff137-c38c-9d1c-e040-e00a18065e54

APA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1818). Frankenstein Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b3aff137-c38c-9d1c-e040-e00a18065e54

Wikipedia Citation

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Frankenstein