Shelfmark
Km.5.17(03)
Author
Byron, George Gordon Byron, 1788 - 1824 Baron,
Title
The corsair : a tale / by Lord Byron.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, for John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1814.
Physical description
xi, [1], 100 [or 108?] p. ; 21 cm.
Note
ECL copy 1 includes at end two further leaves of poems: 'Sonnet. To Ginevra', 'Inscription on the monument of a Newfoundland dog' and 'Farewell', pp. 105-108.
Provenance
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).
Binding
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".
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting the half-title [and pp. 101-104?]. Bound with copies of The giaour, London: John Murray, 1813; The bride of Abydos, London: John Murray, 1813; and Lara, London: John Murray, 1817; as part of a contemporary uniformly bound three-volume collection of Lord Byron's poems.
Copy-specific note
Ms. previous shelfmarks 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
John Murray publisher.
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B26052