The Illustrated Byron with upwards of two hundred engravings from original drawings.
by LORD BYRON
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
[viii] [xxxii] 660 pp. * Publisher's half leather (calf) * Gilt-stamped spine * Marbled boards * Tinted endpapers * Illustrated * Quarto (10.5 x 7.25) Beautiful antiquarian volume of the works by Lord BYRON, (1788-1824), the most notorious Romantic poet and satirist; profusely illustrated with full-page and in-text engravings from the original drawings by Birket Foster, Meadows, Browne, Janet, and Morin. In overall excellent condition, with tight binding and strong & undamaged hinges. Mild age wear and discoloration to leather which remains whole and supple. Internally complete and clean, with light toning and occasional small speck/crease to pages, mostly to preliminaries. A very attractive copy and a splendid production.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026
- Title
- The Illustrated Byron with upwards of two hundred engravings from original drawings.
- Author
- LORD BYRON
- Illustrator
- Birket Foster, Meadows, Browne, Janet, and Morin
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary leather over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Lea, Warwick Lane (c1860)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- Circa 1860
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Some late additions;
- Size
- Large 8vo.
Terms of Sale
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
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About the Seller
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glendale, California
About Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books LLC, specializes in books from the 16th through 20th century. We stock many books in the field of literature, Western philosophy, Greek classics, the history of ideas, Medicine & Science & fine sets. We are always looking to purchase individual books in our areas of interest.
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Marbled boards
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.