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Lord Byron, 1819-1824
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Don Juan
Lord Byron, 1819-1824
[BYRON, George Gordon, 6th Baron (1788-1824).] Don Juan. London: Thomas Davison [cantos I-V] and John Hunt [cantos VI-XVI], 1819-1824.
First editions, complete in original boards, large-paper issues of volumes 2-6. Randolph records that there were 1,500 copies of the large-paper issues printed (against 2,500-3,500 of the small-paper and 16,000-17,000 of the "Common edition"). Don Juan is Byron's epic satire in ottava rima, following the charming, handsome, and unprincipled hero as he delights in succumbing to the beautiful women he meets. The following advertisement leaves are bound in: Volume III, 1 leaf at end, "Publications by John Hunt," dated July 1823; Volume IV, 2 leaves at front, "New and Important Works printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees...," dated August 1823 and 2 leaves at end, "Publications by John Hunt," dated September 1823; Volume V, 4 leaves at front, for Longman, Hurst, Rees et al, no date; and Volume VI, 8 leaves at front for Longman, Hurst, Rees et al, dated February 1824 and 1 leaf at end, "Published by John and H.L. Hunt," dated March 1824. Hayward 222 (proofs for Cantos I and II); Randolph, pp. 69, 82-4, 86-8; Wise Byron II, pp.3-8.
Six volumes, I: quarto (292 x 216 mm) and II-VI: octavo (228 x 139 mm). Advertisements in vols 3-6, "erratum" slip in vol 6 (some mostly light spotting). Original drab-blue [vol I] and drab [vols 2-6] boards, printed paper labels, uncut (neatly rebacked preserving the original spines, some labels repaired); all in custom cloth box. Provenance: contemporary reading record on front pastedown in vol. I – Charles Stanton (signature in vols 2 and 4-6) – Robert Peel Sheldon (bookplate in vol. 3) – Abel E. Berland (his sale, Christie's New York, 8 October 2001, lot 19).
Lord Byron, 1819-1824
[BYRON, George Gordon, 6th Baron (1788-1824).] Don Juan. London: Thomas Davison [cantos I-V] and John Hunt [cantos VI-XVI], 1819-1824.
First editions, complete in original boards, large-paper issues of volumes 2-6. Randolph records that there were 1,500 copies of the large-paper issues printed (against 2,500-3,500 of the small-paper and 16,000-17,000 of the "Common edition"). Don Juan is Byron's epic satire in ottava rima, following the charming, handsome, and unprincipled hero as he delights in succumbing to the beautiful women he meets. The following advertisement leaves are bound in: Volume III, 1 leaf at end, "Publications by John Hunt," dated July 1823; Volume IV, 2 leaves at front, "New and Important Works printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees...," dated August 1823 and 2 leaves at end, "Publications by John Hunt," dated September 1823; Volume V, 4 leaves at front, for Longman, Hurst, Rees et al, no date; and Volume VI, 8 leaves at front for Longman, Hurst, Rees et al, dated February 1824 and 1 leaf at end, "Published by John and H.L. Hunt," dated March 1824. Hayward 222 (proofs for Cantos I and II); Randolph, pp. 69, 82-4, 86-8; Wise Byron II, pp.3-8.
Six volumes, I: quarto (292 x 216 mm) and II-VI: octavo (228 x 139 mm). Advertisements in vols 3-6, "erratum" slip in vol 6 (some mostly light spotting). Original drab-blue [vol I] and drab [vols 2-6] boards, printed paper labels, uncut (neatly rebacked preserving the original spines, some labels repaired); all in custom cloth box. Provenance: contemporary reading record on front pastedown in vol. I – Charles Stanton (signature in vols 2 and 4-6) – Robert Peel Sheldon (bookplate in vol. 3) – Abel E. Berland (his sale, Christie's New York, 8 October 2001, lot 19).
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