THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON: Embracing His Suppressed Poems, and a Sketch of His Life.
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Comapny, 1855.
"New Edition, Complete in One Volume" Thick 8vo. xiv, (xv) - 1071p. Printed in double columns. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved title, and seven inserted engraved plates. Bound in a (presumably) American binding decorated in classical style, the spine in gilt with a bust of Byron, stylized frames and muse with a lyre, the covers with triple-ruled bands, large floriated devices and a large monument surmounted by another bust of Byron, a.e.g. Foxing near the plates, some wear, but quite sound and a very good survivor of this genre. Item #24367
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