LORD BYRON Works 1822 ROMANTIC POETRY Don Juan Childe Harold Pilgrimage LEATHER

Description: This is the 1822 edition of The WORKS Of LORD BYRON Two hundred year old volumes of Byron’s works — one of the last produced while the man was still alive — from publisher serving England’s expatriate community in France and environs. Nice provenance. Comprises seven (7) hardbacks, around four inches by more than 6.5 tall, bound in their publisher's original quarter leather boards. Lacks V 13/14. Back-strips protecting the spines of each book each incorporate five raised bands. Tilting to black labels and decoration separating each panel all original gilt. Vol 1 back-strip defective [as photo]. All board exteriors and page edges harmoniously spot pattern marbled. Endpapers all West End Spot Marble. Published by Galignani, Paris, in 1822. Provenance: Lindsay of Balcarres (from heraldic device and ex libris notation to front pastedown of each volume); free from further permanent inscription and markings to the text. Although interior condition is overall good, because these original letterpress books are two centuries old, they display periodic minor signs of use and age — such as the usual discolouration to old paper — consistent with a printed objects of this era. All preliminary pages + main text are complete and otherwise correct. Volume 1 contains Byron’s portrait, as shown. ¶ George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron FRS (1788–1824), known as Lord Byron; English poet — a leading figure of the Romantic movement, Byron is regarded as one of the greatest English poets. He remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. ¶ Your books, anywhere within the UK, are sent to you FREE. Feel free to contact seller with any questions, or if you'd like to examine it in person at a mutually convenient time. Bid with confidence to secure.

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Location: Richmond

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