Chapter XI: Canto XVI: (N.) p. 247 (1)
Beppo (N.) p. 295 The Vision of Judgment (N.) p. 333 The Giaour (N.) p. 373 Parisina p. 435 Vol. IV.:--Manfred (N.) p. 1 Marino Faliero (N.), Preface, etc. p. 267 Vol. V.:--The Two Foscari (N.) p. 1 Appendix p. 123 Werner (N.) p. 143 Cain (N.) p. 331 Vol. VI.:--Heaven and Earth (N.) p. i The Deformed, etc. (N.) p. 53 The Bride, etc. (N.) p. 133 The Corsair (N.) p. 193 Lara (N.) p. 279 The Siege, etc. (N.) p. 331 The Prisoner of Chillon (N.), Sonnet, etc. p. 377 Mazeppa (N.), Advt., etc. p. 399 The Island (N.), Advt., etc. p. 435 The Lament of Tasso, Advt. p. 517 Vol. VII.:--The Prophecy of Dante (N.), Dedication, etc. p. 1 The Age of Bronze (N.) p. 45 The Curse of Minerva (N.) p. 77 Hours of Idleness p. 95 Critique, etc. p. 211 English Bards, etc., Preface p. 221 Hebrew Melodies p. 277 Miscellaneous Poems, and The Dream, etc. p. 301 Morgante Maggiore (N.), Advt. p. 439 Letter to * * * p. 475 Parliamentary Speeches, Debate on the Framework Bill p. 505
_Note_.--The Miscellaneous Poems (67) include the following forgeries: Ode ("Oh, shame to thee," etc.), p. 345; Madame Lavalette, p. 349; Farewell to England, p. 356; To my Daughter, P. 366.
XXVII.
_Works of Lord Byron. Philadelphia_. 1825. Eight Vols. [8º.
_Contents_--
Vol. I.:--Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.
Vol. II.:--Giaour--Two Foscari--Werner.
Vol. III.:--Bride, etc.--Corsair--Cain, a Mystery--Sardanapalus.
Vol. IV.:--Lara--English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers--Marino Faliero-Siege, etc.--Prisoner of Chillon--Song.
Vol. V.:--Manfred--Parisina--Deformed Transformed--Vision of Judgment--Beppo--Age of Bronze--Heaven and Earth--Curse of Minerva, etc.
Vol. VI.:--Mazeppa--The Dream--The Island--Prophecy of Dante--Lament of Tasso--Ode to Buonaparte--Monody, etc.--Hebrew Melodies--Miscellaneous Poems.
Vols. VII., VIII.:--Don Juan.
[Catalogue of the Boston Athenæum Library, 1874.]
XXVIII.
_The Works of the R.H. Lord Byron_. In Eight Vols. New York: published by Wm. Borrodaile, at his wholesale Book Store, 114, Fulton Street. 1825.
[Kölbing.]
XXIX.
_The Works of Lord Byron_. Complete in Thirty-two Volumes. Published by the Brothers Schumann, Zwickau. 1825-1827. [16º.
_Note_.--Vol. XXXIII. was issued in 1838. [Kayser, 1841.]
XXX.
_The Works of Lord Byron_, comprising the suppressed poems. In Thirteen Volumes. Paris. Printed by Didot aîné. Published by A. and W. Galignani, No. 18, Rue Vivienne. 1826. [32º.
[_B. de la F._, June 3, 1826.]
XXXI.
The/ Works/ of/ Lord Byron/ Including/ The Suppressed Poems./ Complete in one volume/. Paris:/ Published by A. and W. Galignani,/ No. 18, Rue Vivienne./ 1826./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. xliii. + 716--Gen. Half-title (R. _Printed by Jules Didot, Senior,/ Printer to his Majesty, Rue du Pont de Lodi, Nº 6_/); Title-page, one leaf, pp. i., ii.; Cont., pp. iii., iv.; The Life of Lord Byron [by J.W. Lake], pp. v.-xliii.; Text, pp. 1-716.
The Front. is a Portrait of Lord Byron by F. Sieurac, engr. by J.T. Wedgwood. The Title-vignette is a harp, etc., resting on foliage (bays and oak leaves).
The Facsimile of the Letter from Lord Byron to M. Galignani, dated Venice, April 27, 1819, is inserted between the "Contents" and the "Life," etc.
_Note_ (1).--Among MISCELLANEOUS POEMS are _The Irish Avatar_, p. 515; _Ode_ ("Oh, shame to thee," etc.), p. 539; _Windsor Poetics_, p. 540; and _Carmina Byronis in C. Elgin_, p. 541. The Volume concludes (pp. 711-716) with _Poems Attributed to Lord Byron_, viz.--
Childish Recollections (32 lines) p. 711 Lord Byron to his Lady ("How strangely," etc.) ib. Ode to the Island of St. Helena ib. To the Lily of France p. 712 Madame Lavalette ib. Adieu to Malta ib. Enigma ("'Twas whispered," etc.) p. 713 The Triumph of the Whale ib. To Jessy ib. To my Daughter p. 714 To Lady Caroline Lamb p. 715 The Farewell ("When man compelled," etc.) ib. Lines ("Would you get to the House," etc.) ib. Verses ("All hail, Mont Blanc," etc.) ib. To a Lady ("And wilt thou weep," etc.) p. 716 Stanzas ("I heard thy fate," etc.)[C] ib. Lines found in the Travellers' Book at Chamouni ib. Lines found in Lord Byron's Bible[D] ib.
_Note_ (2).--This edition was reissued, in 1827, on different paper. An impression of the portrait by F. Sieurac, in an unfinished state, precedes the Frontispiece.
FOOTNOTES:
[C] "Stanzas" were published _Poetical Works_, 1899, iii. 425, 426, with the title, "On the Death of the Duke of Dorset." Note (I) on p. 425 is incorrect.
[D] "Lines Found in Lord Byron's Bible" are by Sir Walter Scott (see _Monastery_, chap. xii.).
XXXII.
_The Works_, etc. Complete. One Vol. Frankfort o. M. Printed by and for H.L. Broenner. 1826. 4º, pp. xvi. + 776.
[Kölbing.]
_Note_.--A Second Edition, pp. xlvi. + 804, including _Morgante Maggiore_ and _Parliamentary Speeches_, was issued in 1829, _vide post_, No. xl.; and a third, pp. xxx. + 784, including _Francesca di Rimini, Hints from Horace_, and _The Blues_, etc., in 1837. According to Kayser, the First Edition appeared in 1827, a second in 1829, and a third, "considerably augmented," in 1837.
XXXIII.
_The Works_, etc. In Six Volumes. London: John Murray, etc. 1827. [Small 8º.
[Kölbing.]
XXXIV.
The/ Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ In Four Volumes./ Vol. I./ [Vol. II., etc.] London:/ John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1828./ [12º.
_Collation_--
Vol. I.: pp. ix. + 362--Gen. Half-title, Works/ of/ Lord/ Byron./ (R. _London: Printed by Thomas Davison Whitefriars_/), pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Gen. Cont., pp. v.-ix.; Cont. of Vol. I. (_n.p._); Text, pp. 1-362.
The Front., "Lord Byron," is engr. by E. Finden from a portrait by G. (_sic_) Phillips, R.A.
Vol. II.: pp. 1-424--Gen. Half-title (R. Imprint); Cont. of Vol. II.; Text, pp. 1-424. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 424.
The Front., "Medora" (_Corsair_, i. 379), is engr. by E. Finden from a drawing by H. Corbould.
Vol. III.: pp. vii. + 383--Half-title (R. Imprint), pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Cont. of Vol. III., pp. v.-vii.; Text, pp. 1-383. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page, p. [384].
The Front., "Lord Byron" ("When late I saw thy ... child"), is engr. by E. Finden from a drawing by H. Corbould.
Vol. IV.: pp. 1-429--Gen. Half-title (R. Imprint); Title, one leaf; Cont. of Vol. IV.; Text, pp. 1-429. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page, p. [430].
The Front., "Sardanapalus" (act iv. sc. 1, line 1), is engr. by E. Finden from a drawing by H. Corbould.
_Contents_--
Vol. I.:--Childe Harold's, etc., Cantos I.-IV. (N.) p. 1 Vol. II.:--The Giaour (N.) p. 1 The Corsair, Cantos I.-III. (N.) p. 61 Lara, Cantos I., II. (N.) p. 143 The Bride, etc., Cantos I., II. (N.) p. 195 Siege, etc. (N.) p. 253 Parisina (N.) p. 299 The Prisoner of Chillon, Sonnet, etc. (N.) p. 331 Beppo (N.) p. 353 Mazeppa p. 391 Vol. III.:--Manfred (N.) p. 1 Hebrew Melodies: "She walks in beauty" (and 22 others) p. 61 Ode to N.B. (N.) p. 89 Monody, etc. p. 99 Lament of Tasso p. 105 Poems: Written in an Album (and 55 others) p. 119 Ode [to Venice] p. 249 Notes to the Poems p. 255 Prophecy of Dante, Cantos I.-IV. (N.) p. 259 Cain p. 299 Vol. IV.:--Marino Faliero (App.) p. 1 Sardanapalus (N.) p. 175 The Two Foscari (App.) p. 303
XXXV.
The/ Works/ of/ Lord Byron/ Including/ The Suppressed Poems./ Complete in One Volume./ Paris:/ Published by A. and W. Galignani,/ No. 18, Rue Vivienne./ 1828./ 8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. xl. + 718.
_Note_.--This edition closely corresponds with that issued by A. and W. Galignani in 1826-7, _q.v. ante_, No. xxxi. The "Life of Lord Byron," by J.W. Lake, is abbreviated and corrected. Among ATTRIBUTED POEMS are the following additions: _A Drinking Song_ ("Fill the goblet," etc.), p. 716; _Remember Thee_, _ibid_.; _To Mary_ ("Remind me not," etc.), p. 717; Verses ("There was a time," etc.), _ibid_.; _On Leaving England_, _ibid._; and the following omissions: Verses ("All hail, Mont Blanc," etc.), 1826, p. 715; and _Lines found in Lord Byron's Bible_, 1826, p. 716.
XXXVI.
_The Works of Lord Byron_. Complete in One Volume. Title-Vignette. Published by Broenner, Frankfort. 1828, 8º.
_Note_.--A Second Edition was issued in 1829, and a third, "considerably augmented," in 1837. [Kayser.]
XXXVII.
The/ Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ In Six Volumes./ Vol. I./ [Vol. II., etc.] London:/ John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1829./ 8º.
_Collation_--
Vol. I.:--Gen. Half-title, "Byron" (R. _London: Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriar's_), pp. i., ii; Title, one leaf, pp. iii, iv.; General Cont., pp. v.-ix.; Cont. of Vol. I., _n.p._; Text, pp. 1-235. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page, p. [236].
Vol. II.: Gen. Half-title (R. Imprint); Title, one leaf; Cont. of Vol. II.; Text, pp. 1-297. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page, p. [300].
Vol. III.: Gen. Half-title, etc., as in Vol. II.; Text pp. 1-282. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page, p. [284].
Vol. IV.: pp. vii. + 275--Half-title (R. Imprint), pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Cont. of Vol. IV., pp. v.-vii.; Text, pp. 1-275. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page, p. [276].
Vol. V.: Half-title, etc., as in Vol. II.; Text, pp. 1-26. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 264.
Vol. VI.: pp. viii. + 266--Half-title (R. Imprint), pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii, iv.; Cont. of Vol. VI. (_B.R._), pp. v., vi.; Preface, pp. vii., viii.; Text, pp. 1-266. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page, p. [268].
_Contents_--
Vol. I.:--Childe Harold's, etc., Cantos I.-III. (Pref. N.) p. 1 Vol. II.:--Childe Harold's, etc., Canto IV. (N.) p. 1 The Giaour (N.) p. 157 The Corsair, Cantos I.-III. (N.) p. 217 Vol. III.:--Lara, Cantos I., II. (N.) p. 1 The Bride, etc., Cantos I., II. (N.) p. 53 Siege, etc. (N.) p. 111 Parisina (N.) p. 157 The Prisoner, etc. (Sonnet, N.) p. 189 Beppo (N.) p. 211 Mazeppa p. 249 Vol. IV.:--Manfred (N.) p. 1 Hebrew Melodies: "She walks," etc. (and 21 others) p. 61 Ode to N.B. (N.) p. 85 Monody, etc. p. 95 Lament of Tasso p. 101 Poems: Written in an Album (and 56 others) (N.) p. 115 Prophecy of Dante, Cantos I.-IV. (N.) p. 235 Vol. V.:--Marino Faliero (A) p. 1 Cain p. 179 Vol. VI.:-Sardanapalus (N.) p. 1 The Two Foscari (A) p. 135 Notes to Captain Medwin's, etc. p. 253
XXXVIII.
The/ Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ In Four Volumes./ Vol. I./ [Vol. II., etc.] London:/ John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1829./ 12º.
_Collation_--
Vol. I.:--Gen. Half-title, "Byron" (R. (_a_) _Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars_); Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Gen. Cont., pp. v.-x.; Cont. of Vol. I., _n.p._; Text, pp. 1-357. The Imprint (_b_) (_London:/ Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars_/), is in the centre of the last page, p. [360].
Vol. II.: pp. 1-424--Gen. Half-title (R. Imprint (_a_)); Title, one leaf; Cont. of Vol. II.; Text, pp. 1-424. The Imprint (_b_) is at the foot of p. 424.
Vol. III.:--Gen. Half-title (R. Imprint (_a_)); Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Cont. of Vol. III., pp. v.-viii.; Text, pp. 1-383. The Imprint (_b_) is at the foot of the last page, p. [384].
Vol. IV.: pp. 1-412--Half-title (R. Imprint (_a_)); Title, one leaf; Cont. of Vol. IV.; Text, pp. 1-412. The Imprint (_b_) is at the foot of p. 412.
_Contents_--
The Cont. of Vols. I., II., III. of the Edition of 1829 are identical with the Cont. of Vols. I., II., III. of the Edition of 1828. The pagination of the Text 1829 follows the pagination of the Text 1828, but the type of 1829 is not the type of 1828.
Vol. IV. (1829):--Marino Faliero p. 1 Appendix p. 147 Sardanapalus (N.) p. 161 The Two Foscari p. 289 Appendix p. 381 Notes on Captain Medwin's "Conversations of Lord Byron" p. 401
_Note_.--The original Italian and French Versions of the _Cronica di Sanuto_, and the extracts from the works of P. Daru and P.L. Ginguené, which appeared in 1828, are omitted in 1829, and the notes (by John Murray) on Captain Medwin's _Conversations, etc._ (1824), are inserted.
XXXIX.
_The Poetic Works_, etc., including his _Don Juan_--all his minor poems, and the suppressed pieces of _Cain_, and the _V. of Judgment_, all complete. In Two Vols. Second Edition. Philadelphia: Published by the Washington Press. 1829. [4º and 6º.
XL.
The/ Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ Complete/ In One Volume./ [Title-vignette, "Ship in Storm," engraved on steel by C. Tremonet.] The Second Edition, considerably augmented./ Francfort O.M./ Printed by and for H.L. Broenner./ 1829./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. xlvi + Cont., one leaf + 804--Title, one leaf; _Life_, etc., by J.W. Lake, pp. i.-xli. + A Character of Lord Byron, by Sir W. Scott, pp. xlii., xliii. + "Goethe und Byron" (including the stanzas "Ein freundlich Wort," etc.) + "Lord Byron's Last Lines," pp. xliv.-xlivi. + Cont., one leaf, _n.p._ + Text, pp. 1-804.
_Note_.--The Miscellaneous Poems include Ode "Oh, shame to thee," etc., and On Sir John Moore's Burial, p. 650. The ATTRIBUTED POEMS are identical with those published in Paris, 1826 (No. xxxi.), except that they include To Miss Chaworth ("Remind me not," etc.), and exclude Lines Found in Lord Byron's Bible. The Notes to _Childe Harold's, etc._, and other poems are printed continuously, pp. 715-792. _The Waltz_, together with the _Notes_, is on pp. 795-798.
XLI.
The/ Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ In Four Volumes./ Vol. I./ [Vol. II., etc.] London:/ John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1830./ [16º.
_Collation_--
Vol. I.: pp. ix. + 359--Title (R. (_a_) _Thomas Davison, London._), pp. i., ii.; General Cont., pp. iii.-ix.; Cont. of Vol. I., p. x.; Text, pp. 1-359. The Imprint (_b_) (_London:/ Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars_/) is in the centre of the last page, p. [360].
The Frontispiece, "Lord Byron," is engraved by E. Finden from a portrait by T. Phillips, R.A.
Vol. II.: pp. iv. + 424--Title (R. Imprint), pp. i., ii.; Cont. of Vol. II., pp. iii., iv.; Text, pp. 1-383. The Imprint (_b_) is at the foot of p. 424.
Vol. III.: pp. vi. + 383--Title (R. Imprint), pp. i., ii.; Cont. of Vol. III., pp. iii.-vi.; Text, pp. 1-383. The Imprint (_b_) is in the centre of the last page, p. [384].
Vol. IV.: pp. 1-415--Title (R. Imprint); Cont. of Vol. IV., one leaf; Text, pp. 1-415. The Imprint (_b_) is in the centre of the last page, p. [384].
The Front, of Vol. II. is that of Vol. II., ed. 1828; the Front. of Vol. III. that of Vol. IV., 1828; and the Front. of Vol. IV. that of Vol. III., 1828.
_Note_.--The Cont. of Vols. I.-IV., 1830, are identical with the Cont. of Vols. I.-IV., 1829. The Notes have been partly re-set.
XLII.
_The Complete Works_, etc., including his lordship's suppressed poems with others never before published. (With portrait and _fac-simile_.) Paris, Galignani, 1830. [12º.
[Quérard, 1846.]
XLIII.
The/ Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ In Six Volumes./ Vol. I./ [Vol. II., etc.] London:/ John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1831./ [16º.
_Collation_--
Vols. I.-IV. of Ed. 1831 are identical with Vols. I.-IV. of Ed. 1830. The Frontispieces of Vols. III., IV., which were transposed in Ed. 1830, are restored to their original position, as in Ed. 1828.
Vol. V.: pp. xii. + 475--Gen. Half-title (R. (_a_) _Thomas Davison, London_), pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Editor's Advt. to _Hours of Idleness_, pp. v.-vii.; Cont. of Vol. V., pp. ix.-xii.; Text, pp. 1-475; Publisher's Advt. of the Life of Lord Byron (2 Vols. 4to).... by Thomas Moore, Esq., p. [477]. The Imprint (_b_) (_London:/ Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars_:/) is in the centre of p. 476.
The Frontispiece, "Heaven and Earth," is engr. by E. Finden from a drawing by H. Richter.
Vol. VI.: pp. viii. + 459--Gen. Half-title (R. Imprint), pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Cont. to Vol. VI., pp. v.-viii.; Text, pp. 1-459. The Imprint (_b_) is in the centre of the last page, p. [460].
The Frontispiece, "The Island," is engr. by E. Finden from a drawing by H. Richter.
_Contents_--
Vol. V.:--Hours of Idleness: Preface, etc. p. 1 On leaving Newstead Abbey (and 64 others) p. 11 Critique from _Edinb. Rev._ p. 203 English Bards, etc. p. 209 Hints from Horace p. 273 The Curse of Minerva p. 329 The Waltz p. 345 Age of Bronze p. 365 The Vision of Judgment p. 397 Morgante Maggiore p. 441 Vol. VI.:--Werner p. 1 The Deformed Transformed p. 157 Heaven and Earth p. 227 The Island: Cantos I.-IV. App. p. 277 Poems: The Blues p. 351 Fragment ("Hills of Annesly") p. 368 The Prayer of Nature ib. Fragment ("Young Oak," etc., 10 lines) p. 371 On Revisiting Harrow p. 372 L'amitie, etc. p. 373 To my Son p. 377 Epitaph on John Adams p. 379 Fragment ("Forget this World," etc.) (20 lines) p. 380 To Mrs. ---- ("When man expell'd," etc.) p. 381 A Love-song ("Remind," etc.) p. 382 Stanzas to ---- ("There was a time," etc.) p. 383 To the Same ("And wilt thou weep," etc.) p. 384 Song ("Fill the goblet," etc.) p. 386 Stanzas to ---- on leaving England p. 387 Lines to Mr. Hodgson p. 390 Epistle to ("Oh, banish," etc.) p. 393 The Devil's Drive p. 396 Additional stanzas to the Ode to Napoleon p. 400 Stanzas for Music ("I speak not," etc.) p. 401 Address--at the Caledonian Meeting p. 402 Lines--for the opening of "The Siege of Corinth" p. 404 Extract, "Could I remount," etc. p. 406 To Augusta p. 407 On the bust of Helen by Canova p. 413 To Thomas Moore ("My boat," etc.) ib. To Mr. Murray ("Strahan," etc.) p. 414 Stanzas to the River Po p. 416 The Irish Avatar p. 419 On the Prince Regent's returning the picture, etc. p. 425 To Belshazzar p. 427 Sonnet to George the Fourth p. 428 Francesca of Rimini p. 429 Stanzas ("Oh, talk not to me," etc.) p. 431 To the Countess of B--- p. 432 Lines from a letter to T. Moore ("So we'll," etc.) p. 434 Epistle to Dr. [Polidori] ib. Ep. ("My dear Mr. Murray") p. 437 To Mr. J. Murray ("For Oxford," etc.) p. 439 On this Day, etc. p. 440 From the Portuguese p. 442 Paraphrase from ... the _Medea_ p. 443 Epitaph ("Youth, Nature," etc.) ib. On Moore's Last ... Farce p. 444 On Lord T.'s poems ib. To Lord T. p. 445 To Thomas Moore ("Oh, you," etc.) p. 446 Fragment of an Ep. to T. Moore ("What say I," etc.) p. 447 On Napoleon's Escape from Elba p. 449 Fragment ... On hearing that Lady Byron was ill (6 lines) ib. To Thomas Moore ("What are you," etc.) ib. Song for the Luddites p. 450 Versicles p. 451 To Mr. Murray ("To hook," etc.) ib. On the birth of J.W.R. Hoppner p. 452 Epigram (from Rulhieres) (_sic_) p. 453 Epigr. ("To-day it is," etc.) ib. Epigr. ("Here's a Happy," etc.) ib. Epigr. ("This day of all," etc.) p. 454 Endorsement to the deed, etc. ib. Epitaph for William Pitt ib. Epigr. ("In digging," etc.) p. 455 Stanzas ("When a man," etc.) ib. On his Thirty-third Birthday ib. Epigr. ("The Brasiers," etc.) p. 456 Epigr. ("The world," etc.) ib. The Charity Ball p. 457 Impromptu ib. Windsor Poetics p. 458 Lines in the Travellers' Book at Orchomenus ib.
_Note_.--List of publications by John Murray, January 4, 1831--"A fifth and sixth vol. of Lord Byron's Works: containing _E.B., etc., Heaven & E., The Def. Trans., The Island_, etc., etc., forming the portion of the Works recently purchased by Mr. Murray, and rendering them the first and only complete edition (_Don Juan_ being alone excepted). 2 vols. 12º. Printed for the first time, to match with the Edition of Lord Byron's Works in 4 vols. 18º."
XLIV.
The/ Complete works/ of/ Lord Byron,/ Including/ his Lordship's Suppressed Poems,/ With others never before published./ In one Volume./ Paris./ Published by A. and W. Galignani,/ No. 18, Rue Vivienne./ 1831./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. xxiv. + 730--Half-title (R. _Printed by J. Smith, Rue Montmorency, Paris_./); Title, one leaf; Cont., pp. i.-iv.; The Life of Lord Byron [abridged from the _Life_ by J.W. Lake] pp. v.-xxiv.; Text, pp. 1-730.
The Frontispiece, a portrait of Lord Byron, engr. by J.T. Wedgwood from a painting by W.E. West, in arabesque frame, rests on miniatures of Newstead Abbey and Missolunghi (_sic_) designed by F. Sieurac. The Title-vignette is tomb, harp, willows, etc. A lithograph of letter, April 27, 1819, to the Editor of _Galignani's Messenger_, is inserted between the _Life_ and the Text.
_Contents_--
This edition includes Hours of Idleness (Sec. Ed.), _English Bards_, etc., _The Curse of Minerva_, _The Waltz_, all poems published by John Murray before 1831, a selection of poems included in Moore's _Notices of the Life_, etc., poems published by John Hunt, Letter to ... on Bowles' Strictures on Pope, Fragment, Parliamentary Speeches, and the following spurious and additional poems:--
Madame Lavalette p. 699 Ode ("Oh, shame to thee," etc.) p. 705 _Carmina Byronis in C. Elgin_ p. 707 Ode to the Island of St. Helena ib. Enigma on the letter H p. 708 To Jessy ib. To my Daughter p. 709 Lines to Mr. Hobhouse p. 710 Lines found in the Travellers' book at Chamouni ib. Stanzas to her who can best understand them p. 712 In the Valley of Waters p. 713 Francesca ib. Faith, Wisdom, Love and Power ib. Thermopylæ p. 714 Song, "Do you know Dr. Nott?" p. 716 To Mr. Hobhouse, "What made you," etc. (20 lines) p. 717 Enigma on the letter I p. 720 To Memory ("Oh, memory," etc.) p. 721 To my dear Mary Anne ib. On an Old Lady ("In Nottingham," etc.) p. 722
_Note_.--Among the ATTRIBUTED POEMS are To the Lily of France, p. 729; The Triumph of the Whale, _ib._; To Lady C. Lamb, _ib._; Stanzas ("I heard thy fate," etc.), p. 730.
XLV.
_The Works_, etc., including the suppressed poems. Also a Sketch of his Life. By J.W. Lake. Complete in one Vol. Philadelphia. Published by Henry Adams and sold by John Griggs. 1831. [4º.
_Collation_--
Pp. xxxix. + 176.
XLVI.
The/ Works/ of/ Lord Byron:/ With/ His Letters and Journals,/ And His Life,/ By Thomas Moore, Esq./ In Fourteen Volumes./ Vol. I. [Vol. II., etc.] London:/ John Murray, Albemarle Street./ 183./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Vol. I.: pp. xv. + 359--Title (R. Imprint, _London:/ Printed by A. Spottiswoode,/ New-Street-Square_./), pp. i., ii.; Cont. of Vol. I., pp. iii., iv.; Half-title, pp. v., vi.; Dedication to Sir W. Scott, pp. vii., viii.; Preface to the First Vol. of First Ed., pp. ix., x.; Preface to the Sec. Vol., pp. xi.-xv.; Text (_Notices of the Life of Lord Byron_), pp. 1-359.
The Frontispiece, "Lord Byron at the Age of 19," is engr. by W. Finden from the portrait by G. Sanders: the Title-vignette, "Cadiz," is engr. by E. Finden from a drawing by C. Stansfield.
Vol. II.: pp. 1-341--The Frontispiece "Tepaleen," is engr. by F. Finden from a drawing by W. Purser; the Title-vignette, "Constantinople," is engr. by E. Finden from a drawing by C. Stansfield.
Vol. III.: pp. 1-376--The Front., "Marathon," and the Title-vignette, "A Street in Athens," are engr. by E. Finden from drawings by C. Stansfield.
Vol. IV.: pp. 1-359--The Front., "The Wengen Alps," and the Title-vignette, "The Coliseum from the Orto Farnese," are engr. by E. Finden from drawings by J.D. Harding.
Vol. V.: pp. 1-376--The Front., "S^ta^ Maria Dalla Spina," is engr. by E. Finden from a drawing by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.; the Title-vignette, the "Hellespont," is engr. by E. Finden from a drawing by J.D. Harding.
Vol. VI.: pp. 1-416--The Front., "Newstead Abbey" [from the Monk's Garden], and the Title-vignette, "The Fountain at Newstead Abbey," are engr. by E. Finden from drawings by W. Westall, A.R.A.
Vol. VII.: pp. xv. + 319--Gen. Half-title (R. Imprint), pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Advt. (editorial, June, 1832), pp. v.-vii.; Cont. of Vol. VII., pp. ix.-xv.; Text, pp. 1-319. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page, p. [320].
The Front., "The Gate of Theseus," and the Title-vignette, "The Plains of Troy," are engr. by E. Finden from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. A facsimile of the two first stanzas of To D---- faces p. 12.
Vol. VIII.: pp. x. + 328--Gen. Half-title (R. Imprint), pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Advt. (editorial, July 20, 1832), pp. v.-x.; Cont. of Vol. VIII., _n.p._; Text, pp. 1-328. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 328.
The Front., "Bacharach," and the Title-vignette, "The Castle of St. Angelo," are engr. by E. Finden from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. A facsimile of _Childe Harold's, etc._, Canto III. stanza xci. faces p. 174. In earlier copies the facsimile faced p. [viii.] of Vol. IX. See Note on reverse of p. vii. of that volume.
Vol. IX.: pp. vii. + 360--Title (R. Imprint), pp. i., ii.; Advt. (editorial, July 20, 1832), pp. iii., iv.; Cont. of Vol. IX., pp. v.-vii.; Text, pp. 1-360. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 360.
The Front., "Petrarch's Tomb," is engr. by E. Finden from a drawing by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.; the Title-vignette, "Seville," is engr. by E. Finden.
Vol. X.: pp. xix. + 316--Gen. Half-title (R. Imprint), pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Advt. (editorial, September 16, 1832), pp. v.-xiii.; Cont. of Vol. X., pp. xv.-xix.; Text, pp. 1-316. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 316.
The Front., "Corinth," is engr. by E. Finden from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., and W. Page; the Title-vignette, "Athens and the Island of Egina," is engr. by E. Finden from drawings by C. Stansfield and W. Page.
Vol. XI.: pp. viii. + 326--Gen. Half-title (R. Imprint), pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Advt. (editorial, October 10, 1832), pp. v., vi.; Cont. of Vol. XI., pp. vii., viii.; Text, pp. 1-326. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 326.
The Front., "The Bridge of Sighs," and the Title-vignette, "The Bernese Alps," are engr. by E. Finden, from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.
Vol. XII.: pp. vi. + 324--Gen. Half-title (R. Imprint), pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Advt. (editorial, November 10, 1832), pp. v., vi.; Cont. of Vol. XII., _n.p._; Text, pp. 1-324. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 324.
The Front., "Florence," is engr. by E. Finden from drawings by J.D. Harding and G. Moran, junr.; the Title-vignette, "San Georgio Maggiore," is engr. by E. Finden from a drawing by C. Stansfield, A.R.A.
Vol. XIII.: pp. vi. + 369--Half-title (R. Imprint), pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Advt. (editorial, December 12, 1832), pp. v., vi.; Cont. of Vol. XIII., _n.p._; Text, pp. 1-369. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page, p. [370].
The Front., "The Arch of Titus," is engr. by E. Finden, from drawings by C. Stansfield and W. Page; the Title-vignette, "The Walls of Rome," is engr. by E. Finden from a drawing by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.
Vol. XIV.: pp. 1-360--Gen. Half-title (R. Imprint), pp. [i., ii.]; Title, one leaf, pp. [iii., iv.]; Advt. (editorial, January 10, 1833), pp. [v., vi.]; Text, pp. 1-360. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 360.
The Front., "Parnassus," and the Title-vignette, "The Field of Waterloo," are engr. by E. Finden from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.
Vol. XV.: pp. vi. + 334--Half-title (R. Imprint), pp. i. ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Advt. (editorial, February 15, 1833), pp. v., vi.; Cont. of Vol. XV., _n.p._; Text, pp. 1-334. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 334.
The Front., "Scio," and the Title-vignette, "Genoa," are engr. by E. Finden from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.
Vol. XVI.: pp. vi. + 335--Half-title (R. Imprint), pp. i., ii.; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Advt. (editorial, March 15, 1833), pp. v., vi.; Cont. of Vol. XVI., _n.p._; Text, pp. 1-335. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page, p. [336].
The Front., "Cologne," and the Title-vignette, "St. Sophia," are engr. by E. Finden from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.
Vol. XVII.: pp. viii. + 304--Half-title (R. Imprint), pp. i., ii; Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Advt. (editorial, May 15, 1833), pp. v., vi.; Cont. of Vol. XVII., pp. vii., viii.; Text, pp. 1-248; Index, pp. 249-304. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 304.
The Front., "The School of Homer," and the Title-vignette, "The Castellated Rhine," are engr. by E. Finden from drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.
_Contents_--
Vols. I.-V.:--Notices of the Life of Lord Byron. Vol. VI.:--The Life, etc., from February, 1823-April, 1824 p.1 App.: cont. two epistles from the Armenian, etc. p. 269 Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose: Review of Wordsworth's Poems, 1807 p. 293 Review of Gell's Geography of Ithaca, etc., 1811 p. 296 Parliamentary Speeches, etc. p. 314 A Fragment. [The Vampyre.] 1816 p. 339 Letter to John Murray, Esq., etc. p. 346 Observations upon "Observations," etc. [_Now first p. 382 published._] Vol. VII.:--Hours of Idleness: a Series of Poems, Original and Translated: Dedication. p. 1 Preface p. 5 On the Death of a Young Lady (and 69 others) p. 9 Article from the _Edin. Rev._ p. 188 Occasional Pieces: written in 1807-8: The Adieu (and 15 others) p. 195 English Bards and Scotch Reviewers p. 219 Occasional Pieces: written in 1808-1810: Well, thou art happy (and 15 others) p. 291 Vol. VIII.:--Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Preface to the p. 3 First and Second Cantos To Ianthe p. 9 Canto the First [Canto the Second, etc.] p. 11 Dedication of Canto the Fourth p. 189 Historical Notes to Canto the Fourth p. 271 Vol. IX.:--Occasional Pieces: written in 1811-1813: Lines written beneath a Picture (and 31 others) p. 3 Hints from Horace p. 47 The Curse of Minerva p. 107 The Waltz p. 123 The Giaour p. 141 The Bride, etc. p. 203 The Corsair (Dedication, etc.) p. 257 Appendix: Remarks on the Romaic, etc. p. 339 Vol. X.:--Ode to N.B. p. 1 Lara (Cantos I., II. (N.)) p. 17 Hebrew Melodies: She walks in Beauty (and 22 others) p. 75 The Siege, etc. p. 99 Parisina p. 149 Domestic Pieces: Fare Thee Well (and five others) p. 185 Monody, etc. p. 211 The Prisoner of Chillon p. 221 The Dream p. 243 Occasional Pieces: 1814-1816: The Devil's Drive (and 28 others) p. 257 Vol. XI.:--Manfred p. 1 The Lament of Tasso p. 77 Beppo p. 95 Mazeppa p. 143 Ode on Venice p. 179 The Morgante Maggiore (Canto I.) p. 187 The Prophecy of Dante (Cantos I.-IV.) p. 259 Occasional Pieces: Versicles (and 14 others) p. 307 Vol. XII.:--Francesca of Rimini p. 1 Stanzas to the Po p. 13 Stanzas (Written on the Road, etc.) p. 19 The Blues p. 21 Marino Faliero (App.) p. 43 The Vision of Judgment (App.) p. 231 Occasional Pieces: Stanzas ["Could Love for ever"] (and 5 others) p. 317 Vol. XIII.:--Heaven and Earth p. 1 Sardanapalus p. 55 The Two Foscari p. 197 The Deformed Transformed p. 301 Vol. XIV.:--Cain (App.) p. 1 Werner p. 113 The Age of Bronze p. 263 The Island p. 299 Stanzas: To a Hindoo Air p. 357 Lines ("On this day," etc.) p. 358 Vol. XV.:--Preface to Don Juan p. 3 Testimonies of Authors p. 5 Letter to the Editor of "My Grandmother's Review" p. 41 Some Observations upon an article in _Blackwood's p. 55 Magazine_ (August, 1819. [Now first pub.]) Fragment ("I would to heaven," etc.) p. 100 Dedication to Robert Southey, Esq. p. 101 Don Juan (Cantos I.-III.) p. 109 Vol. XVI.:--Don Juan (Cantos IV., V., App.) p. 1 Preface to Cantos VI., VII., VIII. p. 127 Cantos VI.-X. p. 133 Vol. XVII.:--Don Juan (Cantos XI.-XVI.) p. 1 Appendix: Farewell to Malta (and nine additional p. 239 occasional pieces Concluding Page of Lord Byron's "Observations upon an p. 247 Article," etc. Index p. 249
_Note_ (1).--The Title-pages of Vols. XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., issued in 1833, do not specify the total number of volumes. The Title-pages of Vol. I. issued in 1835, Vol. II. in 1833, and Vol. IX. in 1834, print the words, "In Seventeen Volumes." There were probably other variations. There is an illustrated Title-page ornamented with a Title-vignette (_vide supra et ante_) to each volume.
_Note_ (2).--The editor of these volumes was John Wright (1770?-1844), the editor of Cobbett's _Parliamentary History_, and the ninth and tenth volumes of Boswell's _Life of Johnson_ (1836), and of Sir Henry Cavendish's _Debates of the House of Commons during the Thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain, etc._, two vols. 1841-3.
XLVII.
_The Complete Works_, etc., including his suppressed poems and others never before published. In Four Volumes. Paris, Baudry. 1832. [8º.
[_Katalog der Bucher_, von Eduard Grisebach, 1894, p. 127.]
_Note_.--The Front. is "Lord Byron," from a portrait by Hopwood. Quérard, 1846, gives the names of the publishers of this edition as Baudry, Barrois, Amyot.
XLVIII.
_The Works_, etc., In Verse and Prose. Including his Letters, Journals, etc. With a sketch of his Life. New York: George Dearborn, Publisher. 1833. 4º. pp. xxviii., 203, 619. ["... The first complete edition of the Poetical and Prose Works of Lord Byron."--_Publisher's Advt._]
_Note_.--The Catalogue of the Library of Congress, 1880, describes this or a Second Edition as consisting of two vols. in one, 8º.
XLIX.
The/ Complete Works/ of Lord Byron,/ Reprinted from the last London Edition,/ with considerable additions, now first published;/ Containing/ Notes and Illustrations/ By/ Moore, Walter Scott, Campbell, Jeffrey, Egerton Brydges, Wilson, Hobhouse,/ Dallas, Hunt, Milman, Lockhart, Bowles, Heber, Medwin, Gamba, Croby, Ugo Foscolo, Ellis,/ Kennedy, Parry, Stanhope, Gait, Nathan, Lady Blessington, Mrs. Shelley, etc./ And/ A Complete Index;/ To which is prefixed/ A Life,/ By Henry Lytton Bulwer, Esq., M.P.,/ In one Volume./ Paris/ Published by A. and W. Galignani and Co./ 1835./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. xxxiii. + 935--Half-title (R. _Printed by H. and A. Firmin Didot, rue Jacob, No. 24._), pp. i., ii.; Title, pp. iii., iv.; (Publisher's) Advt., pp. v., vi.; Cont. pp. vii.-x.; The Life of Lord Byron, pp. xi.-xxxiii.; Text pp. 1-908; Index, pp. 909-935.
The Frontispiece is a portrait of Lord Byron, engr. by J.T. Wedgwood from a painting by W.E. West. The portrait in arabesque frame rests on picture of Newstead Abbey and Missolunghi (_sic_), designed by F. Sieurac. There is a lithographed vignette of tomb, harp, wreath, etc., on the title-page, and a lithograph of the memorial tablet in the chancel of Hucknall Torkard. A facsimile of the letter dated Venice, April 27, 1819, precedes the text, and facsimiles of original MS. of "To D----," and of _Childe Harold_, Canto IV. stanza xcii., face pp. 3, 122.
_Miscellaneous Poems_--
On an Old Lady ("In Nottingham," etc.) p. 842 On Lord Elgin ("Noseless himself," etc.) p. 864 Stanzas to her who can best understand them p. 887 Epigram from Martial ("The Laureate's House," etc.) p. 888 To Mr. Hobhouse ("Would you get," etc.) ib. To Mr. Hobhouse ("What made you," etc.) ib. On Queen Caroline p. 901 Elegy on the Recovery of Lady ---- p. 903 Song, "Do you know Doctor Nott?" ib. To ---- ("But once I dared," etc.) p. 904 On Sam Rogers ("Nose and Chin," etc.) ib. On Lady Milbank's Dog Trim p. 905 Lines to Lady Holland ("Lady, accept," etc.) ib. Attributed Poems: To Jessy ("There is a mystic," etc.) p. 906 Lines found in the Travellers' Book at Chamouni ib. To Lady Caroline Lamb p. 907 To the Prince of W_h_ales ib. On the letter I p. 908 To my dear Mary Anne ib. Stanzas ("I heard thy fate," etc.) ib.
_Note_.--This edition includes the contents of "the last [edition] published in London in seventeen volumes," together with the poems published in the Appendix to the _Works of Lord Byron_ (1832-1833, xvii. 238-248), and the following pieces not recognized or collected by John Murray.
L.
_The Complete Works_, etc. In Four Volumes. Paris, Baudry, Amyot, Truchy. 1835. [8º.
[Quérard, 1846.]
_Note_.--This edition was reissued in 1840.
LI.
The/ Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ Complete In One Volume./ With Notes By/
Thomas Moore, Esq., Lord Jeffrey, Sir Walter Scott, Bishop Heber, Samuel Rogers, Esq., Professor Wilson, J.G. Lockhart, Esq., George Ellis, Esq., Thomas Campbell, Esq., Rev. H.H. Milmand,
etc. etc. etc.
London:/ John Murray, Albemarle Street./ 1837./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. viii. + 827--Title (R. _London:/ Printed by A. Spottiswoode,/ New-Street-Square./_), pp. i., ii.; Contents, pp. iii.-vi.; Chronology of Lord Byron's Life and Works, pp. vii., viii.; Text, pp. 1-812; Index, pp. 813-827. The Imprint, as above, is at the foot of p. 827.
The Frontispiece, "Lord Byron at the age of 19," is engr. by E. Finden from the portrait by G. Sanders. The illustrated Title is embellished with a vignette of "Newstead Abbey," engr. by E. Finden from a painting by T. Creswick.
The Dedication is enclosed in an arabesque of oak branches issuing from a shield bearing the arms and motto. (_Industria_) of Sir Robert Peel. It runs as follows: To/ The Right Honorable/ Sir Robert Peel, Bart./ etc. etc. etc./ This/ Collective Edition/ of The Works of His/ "School and Form Fellow,"/ Is/ Respectfully Inscribed/ By His/ Faithful and Obedient Servant/ John Murray,/ February Fifth./ MDCCCXXXVII./
Facsimiles of Lord Byron's Handwriting at Various Periods of His Life, viz.: I. _At Harrow in_ 1803. II. _From the Giaour_, 1813. _First draft_. III. _Marriage Signatures of Lord and Lady Byron_, January 2, 1815. IV. _From Lord Byron's Diary_, 1821. V. _From Lord Byron's last letter to Mr. Murray, dated Missalonghi, February 2_, 1824 (four pages, _n.p._) are inserted between the "Chronology," etc., and the Text.
The first edition was bound in brown cloth. Lord Byron's Coat of Arms, with Coronet, Supporters and Motto, is stamped in gold on the cover.
_Note_.--This Edition, which is printed in double columns enclosed by a double line, has been reissued at brief intervals from 1838 to 1902.
The contents of this volume includes the contents of Vols. VII.-XVII. of the Ed. 1832, 1833, together with the following additions already printed (except No. 4) in Vols. I.-VI.:--
_Contents_--
1. Translation of ... Nurse's Dole ("Oh, how I wish," etc.) p. 546
2. My Epitaph ("Youth, Nature," etc.) ib.
3. Remember thee! Remember thee! p. 554
4. John Keats p. 574
5. Impromptu ("Beneath Blessington's eyes") p. 577
6. To the Countess of Blessington ib.
Appendix: Conversations of Lord Byron as related by Thomas p. 809 Medwin, Esq., compared with a Portion of His Lordship's Correspondence. Published, Ed. 1828, iv. 419-429.
LII.
The/ Complete Works/ of/ Lord Byron/ From the last London Edition,/ Now first collected and arranged, and Illustrated/ With all the notes/ By Sir Walter Scott [and 24 others--five lines] To which is prefixed the Life of the Author/ By John Galt, Esq./ In one Volume./ Paris:/ Baudry's European Library,/ Rue Du Coq, near the Louvre./ A. and W. Galignani and Co., 18, Rue Vivienne./ Sold also by Amyot, Rue de la Paix; Truchy, Boulevard des Italiens; Theophile Barrois, Jun.,/ Rue Richelieu; at the Librairie des Etrangers, 55, Rue Neuve-Saint-Augustin;/ And by all the Principal Booksellers on the Continent./ 1837./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. II + cxxii + 954--Half-title (R. _Printed by Casimir, 12, Rue de la Vieille-Monnaie_); Title, one leaf; Publisher's Advt., pp. 1-6; Contents, pp. 7-11; _The Life of Lord Byron_. By John Galt, Esq., pp. i.-cxxii.; Text, pp. 1-941; Index, pp. 943-954. The Imprint, as above, is at the foot of p. 954.
The Frontispiece, "Lord Byron at the age of 17" (_sic_), is engr. by Blanchard from the painting by G. Sanders. The Title-page is embellished with a vignette of a shipwreck.
Facsimiles of Lord Byron's Handwriting, etc. (as in No. li.), four pages (_n.p._), are inserted between the "Life," and the Text.
_Note_.--This volume "contains all the works of Lord Byron carefully reprinted from the [last eleven volumes of the] London edition published by Mr. Murray in 1833." The prose pieces published in Vol. VI. of the same edition are included. The additional poems printed in the Appendix of Vol. XVII., 1833, "occupy respectively their proper places."
Galt's _Life of Lord Byron_ was first published in 1830 as No. 1 of G.A. Gleig's "National Library."
LIII.
_The Works_, etc., Complete in one Vol. With Notes by Th. Moore, Lord Jeffrey, etc. Authorized Foreign Edition. London and Leipzig: Black and Armstrong. 1837.
_Note_.--Kayser (1841) records the issue of _The Works_ in seventeen volumes, and _The Complete Works_ in ten volumes (pocket edition), by the same publisher. (See, too, _The Prisoner of Chillon_, by E. Kölbing, 1896)
LIV.
_Lord Byron's Complete Works_. In Seven Vols. Mannheim. Henry Hoff. 1837. [16º.
[Kayser, 1841.]
LV.
_The Complete Works_, etc. Including the Suppressed Poems and Supplementary pieces selected from his papers after his Death. In one Vol. Paris. Published by Gamier, Palais-Royal. 1839. [4º.
[Kölbing.]
_Collation_--
Pp. xlv. + 724.
LVI.
The/ Poetical Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ In Eight Volumes./ Vol. I.--Part I./ London:/ John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1839.-[4º.
_Note_.--This edition (printed by A. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square), together with _Letters and Journals of Lord Byron, etc., by T. Moore_. 2 v. 1830. 4º. ("to which have been added the Letter to [John Murray] on the Rev. W.L. Bowles' Strictures on the life and writings of Pope.... Second Edition, and a few other printed papers, also numerous views, portraits, autograph letters," etc.) bound in 44 vols. with the gen. Title (The/ Poetical Works,/ Letters and Journals,/ of/ Lord Byron:/ with/ Notices of His Life./ By/ Thomas Moore, Esq./ Vol. I. [Vol. II.] London: 1844./), printed expressly for the purpose and prefixed to each volume, which is known as the "Watts" Collection (B.M.C. 44, e-h), was arranged by the late William Watts, Esq., Member of the Philharmonic Society, who died at Jersey, December 28, 1859, aged 81. (See Kölbing's _P. of Chillon_, 1896, pp. 90-92.)
LVII.
_The Works_, etc. Complete in Five Vols. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. 1842. [8º.
[Kölbing.]
_Note_.--A Second Edition was issued in 1886.
LVIII.
_The Works_, etc. A New Edition. Edited by Thomas Moore, Esq. Complete in four volumes. With Engravings. Philadelphia. Carey and Hart. 1843.
[Kölbing.]
LIX.
_The Complete Works_, etc.... A Life by Thomas Moore, Esq. In One Volume. With a Portrait. Second Edition. Frankfort o. M. Published by Joseph Baer.; 1846. [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. xlviii. + 1004.
_Note_.--Another edition appeared in 1852 (_vide post_, No. lxv.).
[Kölbing.]
LX.
The/ Works of Lord Byron;/ In Verse and Prose./ Including/ His Letters, Journals, etc./ With/ A Sketch of His Life./ Hartford:/ Published by Silas Andrus and Son./ 1847./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. xxviii. + 319 + 627--Illustrated Title as above (_n.d._), pp. iii., iv.; Title (R. Publishers' Advt, New York, Jan. 1834), pp. v., vi.; Cont. pp. vii.--xiv.; _The Life of Lord Byron_ [By Fitz Green Halleck], pp. xv.-xxviii.; Text (i.) _Letters_ (635), Extracts from a Journal, and Prose Pieces, pp. 1-319; Text (ii.) _Poems_, etc., pp. 1-627.
The Front., "Lady Noel Byron," is engr. by A. Dick from a painting by W.J. Newton. The vignette or illust. title is Lord Byron, engr. by A. Dick from a painting by W.E. West. To face p. 1 of the _Poems_ is "Diodati," engr. by M. Osborne from a sketch by W. Purser; to face p. 156, "_Mazeppa_," engr. by Illman and Pilbrow from a painting by H. Verner; facsimiles of Lord Byron's handwriting face pp. 25, 384.
The volume was issued in roan binding, with portrait of Byron stamped in gold on the covers.
Among "Poems not included in any Collection of Lord Byron's Works until after his Death," pp. 467-488, are the following pieces not included in the London editions of 1831, 1832, and of 1833.
To my dear Mary Anne p. 472 To Miss Chaworth ("Oh, memory," etc.) ib. To Lady Caroline Lamb p. 480 "In the Valley of Waters," etc. p. 482 Stanzas to her who can best understand them p. 486
LXI.
The/ Works/ of/ Lord Byron:/ With a/ Life and Illustrative Notes,/ By/ William Anderson, Esq.,/ Author of Landscape Lyrics, Scottish Popular Biography, etc./ In Two Volumes./ Vol. I./ [Vol. II.] A Fullarton & Co.:/ Stead's Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh;/ and 106, Newgate Street, London./ _n.d._ [1850.] [8º.
_Collation_--
Vol. I.: pp. ccxxiv. + 270--Title (R. Edinburgh:/ _Fullarton and Macnab, Printers, Leith Walk_), pp. i., ii.; Preface, pp. iii., iv.; Cont. of Vol. I. pp. v., vi.; Life of Lord Byron, pp. vii.-ccxxiv.; Text, pp. 1-270. The Imprint, as above, is at the foot of p. 270.
The Front. ["Lord Byron at the age of 19"] is engr. by E. Finden from the painting by G. Sanders. The illustrated Title-page [The/ Works/ of/ Lord Byron/ With Notes and Illustrations./ Vol. I./ Edinburgh:/ A Fullarton & Co./ Stead's Place, Leith Walk./] is embellished with a vignette of "Lausanne," engr. by W. Finden from a drawing by C. Stansfield, A.R.A.
Vol. II.: pp. 1-465--Title (R. Imprint as above); Cont. of Vol. II.; Text, pp. 1-465. The Imprint, as above, is at the foot of p. 465.
The Front., "Newstead Abbey," is engr. by E. Finden from a drawing by W. Westall, A.R.A. The illustrated Title-page is embellished with a vignette, "Villeneuve," engr. by E. Finden from a drawing by C. Stansfield, A.R.A.
_Note_.--These volumes contain all that "the existing laws of copyright [1850] allows to be free;" _e.g._ all the dramas except _Manfred_ and _Cain_, _The Island_, _The Age of Bronze_, etc., are omitted. In Vol. i. the Life and Text are illust. by 56 Plates; in Vol. II. the Text is illust. by 41 Plates. Two pages (B.R.) headed, "Directions for placing the Plates," and "Directions for placing Plates in Supplement," are bound up with Vol. II.
LXII.
The/ Poetical Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ Complete in One Volume./ Collected and Arranged, with Illustrative Notes,/ By/ Thomas Moore/ [and 9 others]. With a Portrait, and View of Newstead Abbey./ Philadelphia./ 1850./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. 829.
_Note_.--Reissued by the same firm with different addresses in 1854, 1869, 1878, etc. This edition is a reproduction of Murray's one-volume edition of 1837.
LXIII.
The/ Poetical Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ Containing/ The Giaour,/ [and 17 others]. Also/ Several Attributed and Suppressed Poems not/ Included in Other Editions./ With a Memoir,/ By/ Henry Lytton Bulwer, Esq./ London:/ Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden./ 1851./ [12º.
_Collation_--
Pp. xlviii. + 641.
_Attributed Poems_--
Ode ("Oh, shame to thee") p. 624 Madame Lavalette p. 626 Farewell to England p. 627 To my Daughter, Etc. p. 627 Ode to the Island of St. Helena p. 636 To the Lily of France p. 638 To Jessy p. 640 Lines addressed to Mr. Hobhouse p. 641 Enigma (H.) ib.
_Note_.--The Front. is "Lord Byron," by Harlow, Sanders, and Phillips (three vignettes), with arabesque border surmounted by arms and coronet. The Title-vignette (on illustrated Title-page, dated 1847) is "Newstead Abbey."
LXIV.
_The Poetical Works_, etc. Complete in One Volume. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co., successors to Grigg, Elliot and Co., Nº 14, North Fourth Street. 1851. [6º.
_Note_.--A reissue, entitled _The Globe Edition_, Philadelphia, Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger, appeared in 1870.
LXV.
The/ Complete Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ Reprinted from the Last London Edition;/ Containing Besides the/ Notes and Illustrations/ By/ Moore, (and 24 others = 4 lines). Considerable Additions and Original Notes;/ To which is Prefixed/ a Life/ By Thomas Moore, Esq./ [Abbreviated.] In One Volume, with a Portrait./ Second Edition./ Frankfort o.M./ Published by Joseph Baer, Bookseller./ 1852./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. xlviii. + 1004.
The Front., "Lord Byron at the age of 19," is engr. by C. Deucker from the painting by G. Sander (_sic_).
The "Miscellaneous Poems" are identical with the Miscellaneous Poems of No. xlviii., save for the omission of the lines, "In Nottingham County," etc., and twelve lines from the ballad "On Mr. Hobhouse."
LXVI.
The/ Illustrated/ Byron/ with upwards of/ Two Hundred Engravings/ From Original Drawings/ By/ Kenny Meadows/ Birket Foster/ Hablot K. Browne/ Gustave Janet/ and/ Edward Morin./ Henry Vizetelly London. Gough Sq., Fleet St./ [1854, 1855.] [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. viii. + 632.
LXVII.
_Poetical Works_, with a memoir of his life. (2 vols.) Philadelphia. 1853. [8º.
[Detroit Public Library.]
LXVIII.
_Poetical Works_, etc. With life and notes by Allan Cunningham. Family ed. London, Charles Daly, 17 Greville Street, Hatton Gardens. [1854.] [12º.
[Cat. of Lib. of Congress, 1880.]
_Collation_--
Pp. xxii. + 544. 10 pl.
LXIX.
_The Works_, etc., embracing his suppressed poems, and a sketch of his life. Illustrated. New edition, complete in one volume. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 110 Washington Street. 1854. [4º.
[Kölbing.]
_Collation_--
Pp. vi. + 1071.
LXX.
The/ Poetical Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ In Six Volumes--Vol. I./ [Vol. II., etc.] A New Edition./ With Portrait./ London:/ John Murray, Albemarle Street./ 1855./ [8º.
_Note_.--Front., Portrait of Lord Byron, by T. Phillips, R.A., engr. by E. Finden. [Murray's "Library Edition," reissued in 1857 and in 1867.]
LXXI.
(In this Edition Objectionable Pieces have been excluded.)/ The/ Poetical Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ With Life./ Eight engravings on Steel./ Edinburgh:/ Gall and Inglis, 6 George Street;/ London: Houlston and Wright./ [1857.] [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. xix. + 524.
_Note_.--The Ed. omits Canto IV. of _Childe Harold_, all the dramas except _Manfred_, and gives "extracts" from _Don Juan_, "a poem unfit to be printed in this collection entire." Another edition, including the Fourth Canto of _Childe Harold's, etc., Mazeppa_, and the _Ode on Venice_, enclosed in coloured vignette borders, was issued in 1881.
LXXII.
_The Poetical Works_, etc. Complete in One Vol. Illustrated. New York. Leavitt and Allen. 1857. [4º.
[Kölbing.]
_Collation_--
Pp. xxxiii. + 935.
LXXIII.
The/ Poetical Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ Complete./ New Edition, The Text Carefully Revised./ With Portrait./ London: John Murray, Albemarle Street./ 1857./ [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. viii. + 685. The Front., "Statue of Byron by Thorwaldsen," is engr. by W. Holl.
_Note_.--The arrangement of the poems differs from the edition of 1837. [_Hours of Idleness_; Occasional Pieces; _Hebrew Melodies_; Domestic Pieces; Later "Occasional Pieces;" The Satires; _Childe Harold_; The Tales; The Dramas; _Beppo_; _Don Juan_; Notes; Index.] This edition is known as the "Pearl" Edition. There was a reissue in 1867, with a new Title-page and without the line-border.
LXXIV.
_The Poetical Works_, etc. Collected and arranged with notes by Sir Walter Scott, Lord Jeffrey, Professor Wilson, Thomas Moore, etc. New and Complete Edition. With Portrait and Illustrated Engravings. London: John Murray, etc. 1859. [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. x. + 827.
_Note_.--This edition was reissued in 1866, 1873, 1876, and 1883.
LXXV.
_The Poetical Works_, etc. With copious illustrative notes, and a memoir of his life. Complete in One Vol. Illust. with elegant steel engravings. Philadelphia: James B. Smith & Co., No. 27, South Seventh Street. 1859. [8º.
[Kölbing.]
_Collation_--
Pp. 715.
LXXVI.
_The Poetical Works_, etc. Collected and arranged with notes by Sir Walter Scott, Lord Jeffrey, etc. New and Complete Edition. With Portrait. London: 1860. Leipzig. B. Tauchnitz. [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. x. + 828.
_Note_.--An edition of _The Works, etc._, forming part of the "Collection of British Authors" (16º), was issued by B. Tauchnitz, at Leipzig, 1865-1870. [Kayser, 1865, 1871.]
LXXVII.
_The Poetical Works_, etc. In Three Vols. F.A. Brockhaus. Leipzig. 1860. [8º.
_Note_.--Part of the "Library of British Poets." A Second Edition was issued in 1867. [Kayser, 1866.]
LXXVIII.
The/ Poetical Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ With Illustrations/ By Keeley Halswelle./ Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 2 St. David Street./ London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co./ 1861. [8º
_Collation_--
Pp. xxii + 673.
_Note_.--_The Life of Lord Byron_, pp. v.-xv., is by Alexander Leighton. The dramas are represented by _Manfred_, _Heaven and Earth_, and _Cain_; the Satires by _English Bards_, etc., _The Waltz_, and _Vision of Judgment_, ... _Don Juan_ by numerous extracts. Red line-borders.
LXXIX.
The/ Poetical Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ In Ten Volumes./ Vol. I. [Vol. II., etc.] Boston:/ Little, Brown and Company./ New York: Phinney, Blakeman and Mason./ Cincinnati: Rickey, Mallory and Co./ 1861./ [8º.
_Note_ (1).--Vol. I. contains _Life of Lord Byron_ [Excerpt from the _Encycl. Brit._, by J.H. Lister], pp. xi.-xxxv.; _Hours of Idleness_ (71), and all the "Occasional Pieces," 1807-1824. Vol. II., The Satires; Ode to N.B.; _Heb. Melodies_; "Domestic Pieces;" _Ode on Venice_; _Monody, etc_.; _Lament of Tasso, etc_. Vol. III., _Beppo_; _Proph. of Dante_; _Francesca, etc_.; the Poems published in _The Liberal_; _The Age of Bronze_. Vol. IV., _Childe Harold's, etc._ Vol. V., "The Tales." Vols. VI., VII., VIII., The Dramas. Vols. IX., X., _Don Juan_. The Front. of Vol. I. is "Byron," by T. Phillips, R.A.
_Note_ (2).--This edition professes to be an amended reprint of the London Edition of 1856 in Six Volumes. Doubtful and "attributed" poems are not included.
LXXX.
_The Poetical Works_, etc. With Life of the Author, and Copious Notes. Beautifully illustrated. Family Edition. Halifax: Milner and Sowerby. 1863. [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. xv. + 702.
_Note_.--Two other editions of the same work were issued in 1865 by the firm, imprinted _London; Milner and Sowerby, Paternoster Row_. [Kölbing.]
LXXXI.
The Poetical Works/ of Lord Byron./ With Illustrations./ [Life by A. Leighton.] New Edition Carefully Revised./ Edinburgh:/ William P. Nimmo./ [1868.] [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. 437.
_Note_.--This edition includes three dramas, _Manfred_, _Cain_, _Heaven and Earth_; _Childe Harold_, and _Don Juan_, but omits _Hints from Horace_, _The Age of Bronze_, _The Island_, _The Blues_, etc., and occasional Pieces first included in the ed. of 1831.
LXXXII.
The Poetical Works/ of Lord Byron./ Reprinted from the Original Editions./ With explanatory notes, etc./ London:/ Frederick Warne and Company./ Bedford Street, Covent Garden./ New York: Scribner, Welford and Co./ [1868.] [16º.
_Collation_--
Pp. vii. + 638.
_Note_.--Part of the "Chandos Classics."
Kölbing notes another edition, pp. viii. + 668.
A Third Edition: London and New York.
A Fourth Edition: Portrait and Original Illustrations. Part of "The Lansdowne Poets."
LXXXIII.
The/ Poetical Works/ of/ Lord Byron:/ With/ Life and Portrait,/ and/ Sixteen Illustrations./ By F. Gilbert./ London:/ John Dicks, 313, Strand./ [1869.] [8º.
_Collation_--
Pp. xv. + 457. Double columns.
LXXXIV.
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