Shelfmark
Km.1.22
Author
Title
Poems original and translated, by George Gordon, Lord Byron.
Edition
Second edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Newark: : Printed and sold by S. and J. Ridge; sold also by B. Crosby and Co. ... Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, ... F. & C. Rivington, ... and J. Mawman, ..., London., 1808 [i.e. after 1811].
Physical description
[7], vii-viii, [1], 174, [2] p. ; 16 cm.
Note
Randolph's third issue, without the top serif of E in POEMS and a broken rule above the Greek quotation; p. 29 stanza 6 is misnumbered '4', and the footnote on p. 115 has the reading 'said'.
Note
Also published under title: Hours of idleness, a series of poems, original and translated
Note
Engraved frontispiece (slightly offset to title).
Note
Reprint of the 'second' [i.e. first] edition of Poems original and translated, printed by Ridge without Byron's permission.
Citation/references note
Randolph, F. L. "Studies for a Byron bibliography" (Lititz, Pa., 1979), p. 11-13.
Provenance
Manuscript notes in pencil on the flyleaves probably by a seller.
Binding
19th-century red morocco decorated with two gold fillets and small tools on covers; five raised bands on spine with gold tooling and titling; gold fillets on the turnins; gilt edges; marbled endpapers; one additional flyleaf at the beginning and end of volume.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting the final blank.
Copy-specific note
Copy printed on paper in part watermarked 'H Salmon 1811'.
Added entry--name
Mawman, J., 1759 - 1827 bookseller.
Added entry--name
S. and J. Ridge publisher.
Added entry--name
Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme bookseller.
Added entry--name
B. Crosby and Co. bookseller.
Added entry--name
F. and C. Rivington bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
England Newark.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B52667