8vo., full 19th century calf with double gilt fillet borders on both covers; spine with five raised bands and gilt decoration and a red morocco title label, lower sixth of spine lacking. Board edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles; t.e.g.FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, variant A. With the added engraved title-page bound in before the title; ads on p. 182, and p. 24 misnumbered 4. A tall copy, untrimmed along the lower and fore edges.One of Shelley's juvenile productions, this long poem inveighs against orthodox Christianity, kings and statesmen, along with human institutions such as marriage and commerce. It was surreptitiously published in 1813.See: Tinker 1889-90. Grannis p. 33.