Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1797–1851
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
London: Printed for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818.
PML 16799
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1910
Transcription
I communicated my discovery to my father, who looking carelessly at the title-page of my book, said, “Ah! Cornelius Agrippa! My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash.”