The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. PoetryByron, George Gordon Byron, Baron
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The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron
Poetry
Don Juan./ "Difficile est," etc./ Hor. _Epist. ad Pison_./ Cantos III.
IV. and V./ London:/ Printed for Sherwin and Co. Paternoster Row./ Price
Four Shillings./ 1821./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Title, pp. 3, 4; Text, pp. 5-114. The Imprint (_Printed by Sherwin and
Co./ Paternoster-Row./_) is at the foot of p. 114.
III.
Don Juan./ Cantos III, IV, and V./ "Difficile est," etc. Hor. _Epist. ad
Pison._/ Fifth Edition,/ Revised and Corrected./ London:/ Printed by
Thomas Davison, Whitefriars./ 1822./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Half-title, one leaf; Title, one leaf; Second Half-title, pp. 1, 2;
Text, pp. 3-222. The Imprint (_London:/ Printed by Thomas Davison,
Whitefriars_) is in the centre of p. [224].
_Note_.--The additional matter consists of the citations and corrections
of ten of Bacon's apophthegms, and a defence of the literary merits of
Voltaire, pp. 217-222, which was omitted from the First Edition (see
letter to Murray, August 21, 1821, _Letters_, 1901, v. 351).
_Cantos I.-V._
I.
Don Juan./ A/ Poem,/ By/ Lord Byron./ London./ Printed & Sold by W.
Benbow./ At the Lord Byron's Head./ 9, Castle Street, Leicester Square./
1822./ [12º.
_Collation_--
[Cantos I.-V.], pp. 214 + Notes to Canto First, etc., pp. [215]-[220].
The Imprint (_Sudbury, Printer, High Holborn_) is at the foot of p.
[220].
II.
Don Juan./ "Difficile est," etc./ Hor. _Epist. ad Pison._/ With/ A
Preface,/ By a Clergyman./ London:/ Printed by and for Hodgson & Co.,/
10, Newgate Street./ 1822./ [12º.
_Collation_--
Half-title, pp. i., ii.; Title, pp. iii., iv.; Publisher's Preface, pp.
v.-x.; Text, pp. 3-226. The Imprint (_Printed by Hodgson and Co. 10,
Newgate Street, London_.) is at the foot of p. 226.
_Note_.--The Front. is a lithograph of "Lord Byron." This edition was
reissued in 1823 with another Front., a lithograph of "Lord Byron,"
after the portrait by G. Harlow.
III.
Don Juan./ In Five Cantos./ A New Edition, with Notes./
[Title-vignette,? Newstead Abbey.] And/ Three Engravings after
Corbould./ London:/ Printed by and for Peter Griffin,/ Tabernacle Walk,/
and sold by all Booksellers in Town and Country./ [1823.] [12º.
_Collation_--
Half-title, one leaf; Title (R. _Arliss. Typ. London_); Second
Half-title, with motto, "Difficile est," etc./ Hor./; Cont.; Text
[Cantos I.-V.], pp. 1-180.
_Note_.--A paper cover with ornamental border bears the date MDCCCXXIII.
IV.
Don Juan./ "Difficile est," etc./ Hor. Epist. ad Pison./ A Correct Copy
from the original edition./ London:/ Printed by G. Smeeton, St. Martin's
Church Yard,/ Charing Cross./ [1826?] [8º.
_Collation_--
Title, one leaf, pp. 1, 2; Text, pp. 3-215 + Notes to Canto I., etc.,
pp. [217]-[228]. The Imprint (_Printed by G. Smeeton, St. Martin's
Church Yard_.) is at the foot of p. [228].
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