The works of Lord Byron, with his letters and journals / and his life by Thomas Moore Esq. / [complete] in seventeen volumes

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron (1788-1824)

1934, First Edition. London : John Murray. A good set only in the original gilt-blocked cloth, with worn bindings. Spines somewhat frayed and boards dulled, with some hinges cracked and broken. Generally clean, with some foxed prelims. A serviceable antique set. Item #450694

Physical description; complete in 17 volumes : illustrations, frontispieces ; 18 cm. Notes; First edition in this form; published 1834-6. Some vols have frontispieces and added engraved titlepages. Contents; I-V. Life of Lord Byron.--VI. Life of Lord Byron. Miscellaneous pieces in prose.--VII. Hours of idleness. Occasional pieces, 1807-8. English bards and Scotch reviewers. Occasional pieces, 1808-1810.--VIII. Childe Harold's pilgrimage.--IX. Occasional pieces, 1811-13. Hints from Horace. The curse of Minerva. The waltz. The Giaour. The bride of Abydos. The corsair.--X. Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte. Lara. Hebrew melodies. The siege of Corinth. Parisina. Domestic pieces. Monody on the death of the Right R. B. Sheridan. The prisoner of Chillon. The dream. Occasional pieces, 1814-1816.--XI. Manfred. The lament of Tasso. Beppo. Mezeppa. Ode to Venice. The Morgante maggiore of Pulci. The prophecy of Dante. Occasional pieces.--XII. Francesca of Rimini. Stanzas to the Po. Stanzas. The Blues. Marino Faliero. The vision of judgment. Occasional pieces.--XIII. Heaven and earth. Sardanapalus. The two Foscari. The deformed Stanzas. Lines.--XV-XVII. Cain. Werner. The age of bronze. the island. Stanzas. Lines.--XV-XVII. Don Juan. Subjects; Poets, English 19th century. English poetry 19th century.

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