1831 MARY SHELLEY. Frankenstien; Or, the Modern Prometheus. First Illustrated Edition. Prayer and Prayer Meetings The work was later published

The work was later published

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Printed by Felix Kyngston for John Budge

Very attractive with some minor to moderate rubbing

1831 MARY SHELLEY. Frankenstien; Or, the Modern Prometheus. First Illustrated Edition. Prayer and Prayer Meetings The work was later publishedVery scarce first revised edition of Mary Shelley's genre defining gothic, horror novel. First edition thus with two engraved illustrations and extensively revised text by Shelley, including a new introduction. This the first representation of "the monster" in illustrated form. This was the first version of the text to include the origin story of the work, in which the guests gathered at Villa Diodati in Switzerland in 1816 were challenged by Lord