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
_Note_.--The Front. is "Lord Byron," "_lith. par Toland_." The Text
numbers 1052 lines. This edition follows the Fourth Edition of 1811. The
misprint "ingenious" is at the foot of p. 10.
XIV.
English Bards,/ And/ Scotch Reviewers;/ A Satire./ By/ The Right
Honorable/ Lord Byron./ I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew!/ Than
one of these same metre ballad-mongers./ _Shakspeare_./ Such shameless
Bards we have; and yet 'tis true,/ There are as mad, abandon'd Critics
too./ _Pope_./ Geneva:/ Published by P.G. Ledouble,/ No. 24, Rue de la
Cité./ 1820./ [12º.
_Collation_--
Half-title (R. Advt. of Joseph Forsyth's Remarks on Antiquities, etc.,
and Imprint, _Printed by Sestié Fils_.); Title, one leaf, pp. 1, 2;
Preface, pp. 3-5; Text, pp. 1-66; Postscript, pp. 67, 68.
_Note_.--The Text numbers 1052 lines. This edition follows the Fourth
Edition of 1811.
XV.
English Bards,/ and/ Scotch Reviewers./ A Satire./ By Lord Byron./ I had
rather be a kitten, and cry, Mew!/ Than one of these same metre
ballad-mongers./ _Shakespeare_./ Such shameless Bards we have; and yet,
'tis true,/ There are as mad, abandon'd Critics too./ _Pope_./ London:/
Benbow, Printer and Publisher, Byron's Head,/ Castle-Street,
Leicester-Square./ 1823,/ [12º.
_Collation_--
Pp. v. + [7]-61. The Imprint (_W. Benbow, Printer, Castle-st.
Leicester-sq._) is at the foot of p. 61.
_Note_.--The Text numbers 1050 lines. This edition follows the Third
Edition of 1810.
XVI.
English Bards/ And/ Scotch Reviewers;/ A Satire./ By Lord Byron./
[Mottoes as above, six lines.] A New Edition,/ With a Life of the
Author./ To which is added/ Fare Thee Well, A Poem./ Glasgow:/ Printed
by James Starke,/ and sold by All the Booksellers./ 1824./ [12º.
_Collation_--
Pp. xiv. + 15-52 + Fare Thee Well! pp. [53], [54].
_Note_.--The Text numbers 1050 lines, as in the Third Edition. The
misprint "ingenious" for "ingenuous" occurs in a footnote to p. 16.
XVII.
English Bards/ and/ Scotch Reviewers:/ A Satire./ By Lord Byron./
[Mottoes as above, six lines ("Shakspeare").] A New Edition,/ With a
life of the Author./ To which is added/ Fare Thee Well, A Poem./
Glasgow:/ Printed for M'Intosh & Co./ And sold by All the Booksellers./
1825./ [12º.
_Collation_--
Pp. xiv. + 34.
_Note_.--The Text numbers 1050 lines. This edition is differently
paginated from the preceding, and the Notes are reset (the misprint
"ingenious" is corrected), but the Text, Preface, and the "Life of the
Author" seem to have been set up from the same type.
XVIII.
English Bards/ and/ Scotch Reviewers;/ A Satire,/ By Lord Byron./
London:/ Printed and Published by W. Dugdale,/ _23, Russell Court, Drury
Lane_./ 1825./ [12º.
_Collation_--
Pp. 50.
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