BYRON,
Lord (1788-1824). Manfred. A Dramatic
Poem. London: John Murray, 1817. Half title, 2-line printed quote from
Hamlet on title, 80-pages with imprint of T. Davison on p.80. Wise I, p.123.
[Bound with the same author’s:] Mazeppa, A Poem … Ode … A Fragment.
London: John Murray, 1819. Half title, p. 70 blank, one-page of advertisements
[undated] on p. 71, with imprint of Thomas Davison on verso. Wise I, p.131.
[And:] The Lament of Tasso … Fourth edition. London: John Murray, 1817.
Without a half title, 18-pages [And:] The Siege of Corinth. A Poem. Parisina.
A Poem. London: John Murray, 1816. Half title, printed ‘Notes’ on p. [91],
with imprint of T. Davison on verso. Wise I, p.106. (Some spotting, staining
and browning.) Contemporary half calf and brown boards (spine worn with
sections lacking, joints split, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Louisa
Cadogan (contemporary signature at the beginning of each work). FIRST EDITIONS
(except where indicated, and with issue points noted for each work). The
‘Fragment’ in the second named work is part of Byron’s unfinished vampire
novel, one of the first in that genre.
