Detailed Entry: A gentleman of the University of Oxford [Percy Bysshe Shelley] Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things . . .
| Author(s) | A gentleman of the University of Oxford [Percy Bysshe Shelley] |
| Unattributed Authorship | No |
| Title | Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things . . . |
| Place(s) of Publication | London |
| Publisher(s) | [no publisher: sold by Crosby] |
| Publication Date | 1811 |
| Format | 19.5 x 24 cm. |
| Pagination or volumes | 19 |
| Reference | https://poeticalessay.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/: a digital version of the pamphlet, with an introduction by Professor Michael Rossington of Newcastle University and textual notes by Dr. Nicholas Halmi of Oxford University |
| Library | Bodley |
| Shelfmark | Shelley adds.d.14. |
| Comment | The title-page explains the purpose of publication: "for assisting to maintain in prison Mr. Peter Finnerty, imprisoned for a libel". |
This edition has been verified by examining the copy in the library with the shelfmark noted above.