The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, with Explanatory Notes and a Life of the Author, by Thomas Moore
FIRST QUARTO EDITION
New York: Johnson, Fry and Company, (1867).
Quarto (9 x 11 inches). xxvii, 740 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Byron with facsimile signature, after a picture by Chappel in the possession of the publishers; engraved pictorial additional title-page with vignette female portrait; numerous full-page steel-engraved plates throughout illustrating the principal female characters of the poems together with landscape and historical subjects.
Original publisher's full leather, stamped in brown, covers blind- and gilt-tooled with a Greek key border enclosing a central panel, foliate and urn corner ornaments, gilt fillets to turn-ins. Spine with five raised bands forming six blind- and gilt-tooled compartments, lettered "Byron" in gilt to the second compartment from head, "M.A. Lesem" gilt-lettered at the foot. All edges gilt.
Binding lightly to moderately rubbed at the extremities; corners bumped, with loss to the leather at a few corners; light wear to the joints. Covers somewhat toned. Tooling and gilt spine lettering still bright and legible. Gilt edges a little dulled. Scattered foxing to several plates and adjacent leaves, heaviest to the "Zuleika" plate; otherwise clean internally.
FIRST QUARTO EDITION, complete in one volume, as stated on the title page.
This edition pairs Byron's complete poetical works with Thomas Moore's biographical Life — Moore having been Byron's friend, literary executor, and first biographer.
Item #144210Price: $175.00