[Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Or the Modern Prometheus]

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Photograph of illustrations inside Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein", held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is orange with the title on the spine, by it a red book seen by its closed pages. Image 2, frontispiece of "Frankenstein." The black and white illustration on the left page is of a naked man on the floor on top of bones covered by cloth, a man stands with a frightened expression behind him holding a long pole in his hand. The page on the right contains an illustration of a young man walking away from a woman in a doorway. The title and … continued below

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2 photographs : col. ill. ; 4999 x 3333 px., 5184 x 3456 px.

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Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery November 27, 2017.

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Photograph of illustrations inside Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein", held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is orange with the title on the spine, by it a red book seen by its closed pages. Image 2, frontispiece of "Frankenstein." The black and white illustration on the left page is of a naked man on the floor on top of bones covered by cloth, a man stands with a frightened expression behind him holding a long pole in his hand. The page on the right contains an illustration of a young man walking away from a woman in a doorway. The title and author are above the illustration, and below it is the quote "The day of my departure at length arrived" in cursive script. The illustration on the left of this copy of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, depicts the moment the creature awoke and his creator fled from the room. The illustration on the right depicts Victor Frankenstein at a young age leaving his family to study abroad. This is the first illustrated edition, and third publication of the book. It is bound with the unfinished novel The Ghost-Seer by Friedrich Schiller, which contains many similar elements to Frankenstein, including necromancy.

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2 photographs : col. ill. ; 4999 x 3333 px., 5184 x 3456 px.

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This image was taken for use in the digital version of UNT Special Collections' Spring 2018 exhibit "Destination: Special Collections."

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  • Preferred Citation: University Photography Collection (U0458), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery. [Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Or the Modern Prometheus], photograph, November 27, 2017; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1633860/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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