Shelfmark
Km.5.17(02) (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Km.5.06(01) (copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Km.4.04 (copy 3)
Author
Byron, George Gordon Byron, 1788 - 1824 Baron,
Title
The bride of Abydos : a Turkish tale / by Lord Byron.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars, for John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1813.
Physical description
[4], 72 p. ; 21 cm.
Note
Page 47 has 20 lines only and there is an errata slip bound in before p. 1.
Note
Includes notes.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library. Donation plate of Eton College School Library with ms. inscription: "W. Durnford". Armorial bookplate of Dr. John Keate in vol. I of uniformly bound set (Km.5.16).
Provenance
[Copy 2] Inscribed in ms. on title page: "Princess Augusta of Brunswick". Circular stamp of Eton College Library.
Provenance
[Copy 3] Armorial bookplate of Villiers Hatton.
Binding
[Copy 1] 19th century brown calf with blind diaper and rolls, gilt tooling and stamps, and gilt lettering on red labels on spine ; spine title: "Lord Byron's poems: vol. II".
Binding
[Copy 2] Sewn; plain blue-grey paper wrappers. Housed in red cloth box numbered "1" with other works by or attributed to Byron.
Binding
[Copy 3] 19th century maroon calf half-binding with marbled paper boards, edges, and endpapers, gilt tooling, and gilt lettering on black and brown leather labels on spine.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Errata slip laid down on verso of dedication leaf. Bound with copies of The giaour, London: John Murray, 1813; The corsair, London: John Murray, 1814; and Lara, London: John Murray, 1817; as part of a contemporary uniformly bound three-volume collection of Lord Byron's poems.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] With errata slip. Pencil note on front free-endpaper: "First issue of first edn. undescribed, with errata slip." Tipped-in bookseller's listing, possibly this copy. Sketch of two legs inside front wrapper. Previous shelfmark: Cr.2.1.01.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 3] Ms. annotations in pencil on preliminaries ; ms. previous shelfmark in pencil ; ms. bookseller's note "first ed." and codes in pencil.
Added entry--name
Davison, Thomas, ? - 1831 printer.
Added entry--name
Durnford, Walter (), 1847 - 1926 Sir, former owner.
Added entry--name
Keate, John, 1773 - 1852 former owner.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 Major General, former owner.
Added entry--name
Augusta, 1737 - 1813 Princess, granddaughter of George II, King of England former owner.
Added entry--name
John Murray publisher.
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B26051