The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry

Canto Ii. (lxxxviii. Stanzas) P. 9

Notes p. 99 Poems (xx.) p. 156 The Giaour (1215 lines) p. 205 Note p. 261

Note (Vol. I.).--On fly-leaf: "To the Rt. Honourable Lord Byron from his obt. servant Geo Ticknor, June 20. 1815."

"This book was given to me by Lord Byron, April 20, 1816, on his leaving England. Scrope Davies."

On second fly-leaf: "Semper ego tui memoriam colam; semper tua imago ante oculos observabitur; semper idem mihi eras; qui idem semper eras bonis omnibus."

These volumes which were presented by George Ticknor to Lord Byron, and, in turn, presented by him to Scrope Davies, passed into the hands of Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844), and are now in the possession of his grandson, Mr. F.B. Money-Coutts.

FOOTNOTES:

"He [Byron] spoke to me of a copy of the American edition of his poems, which I had sent him, and expressed his satisfaction at seeing it in a small form, because in that way, he said, nobody would be prevented from purchasing it" ("Journal," June 21, 1815).--Life, Letters, and Journals of George Ticknor, Boston, 1876, i. 62.

II.

The/ Poetical Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ From the last London Edition./ In Two Volumes./ Volume I./ [Vol. II.] Boston:/ Published by Cummings & Hilliard,/ No. I, Cornhill./ Joseph T. Buckingham, Printer,/ 1814./ [12º.

Collation--

Vol. I.: pp. xi. + 308--Title, one leaf, pp. i., ii.; Cont., pp. iii., iv.; Lord Byron [excerpt from the Analectic Magazine], pp. v.-xi.; Text, pp. 1-308.

Vol. II.: pp. iv. + 251--Title, one leaf, pp. i, ii; Cont., pp. iii, iv; Text, pp. 1-251.

Contents--

Vol. I.:--Poems, Original and Translated p. 1

English Bards, etc. (Third Edition) (1050 lines), with p. 123 Postscript

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Cantos I., II. (First Edition), p. 179 with Notes, etc.

Vol. II.:--Poems [Twenty-six, i.e. poems issued with p. 1 Sec. Ed. of Childe Harold, and six (not tabulated) issued with the Corsair]

The Giaour (Fifth Edition) p. 47

The Bride of Abydos (Seventh Edition) p. 103

The Corsair (Sixth Edition) p. 159

Prize Prologue (Oct. 1812) (Second Edition) p. 241

Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte (Second Edition: sixteen stanzas) p. 245

III.

The/ Works/ of/ The Right Honorable/ Lord Byron./ In Four Volumes./ Vol. I./ [Vol. II., etc.] Childe Harold./ London:/ Printed for John Murray, Albemarle Street./ 1815./ [8º.

Collation--

Vol. I.: pp. xviii. + 218--Gen. Half-title, one leaf, pp. i., ii.; Title (R.T. Davison, Lombard-Street,/ White-Friars, London.), pp. iii., iv.; General Contents to the Four Volumes, pp. v.-x.*; Half-title (R. Motto--Le Cosmopolite), n.p.; Prefaces, pp. xi.-xviii.; Cont. to Vol. I., one leaf, n.p.; Text, pp. 1-218. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 218.

Note.--In the earlier copies of Vol. I. of this edition, the misplaced "Advertisement" to The Giaour is on pp. i., ii., and pp. ix.*, x.*, giving Cont. of Hebrew Melodies, are not inserted.

Vol. II.: pp. 1-202--Gen. Half-title, one leaf; Title (R. Imprint); Cont. to Vol. II.; Half-title; Dedication; Text, pp. 1-202. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page, p. .

Vol. III.: pp. viii. + 9-228--Gen. Half-title, one leaf; Title (R. Imprint); Cont. to Vol. III.; Half-title, pp. i., ii.; Dedication to Thomas Moore, Esq., pp. iii.-viii.; Text, pp. 9-228. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 228.

Vol. IV.: pp. viii. [ix.*, x.*] + 203--Gen. Half-title, one leaf; Title (R. Imprint), pp. i.-iv.; Cont. to Vol. IV., pp. v.-x.*; Text, pp. 1-203.

Contents--

Vol. I.:--To Ianthe, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Cantos I., II., p. 3 (N. App.)

Romaic Books and Authors, etc. p. 188

Vol. II.:--The Giaour (N.) p. 1

The Bride of Abydos, Cantos I., II. (N.) p. 103

Vol. III.:--The Corsair, Cantos I.-III. (N.) p. i.

Lara, Cantos I., II. (N.) p. 133

Vol. IV.:--Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte (N.) p. 1

Poems (N.) [xxxvi., consisting of xxix. pub. in the Seventh Ed. p. 17 of Childe Harold, vi. pub. in the Second Ed. of the Corsair, and Verses on Sir P. Parker.]

Hebrew Melodies (24) p. 143

Note.--In later issues of Vol. III., 1815, the note on the "Pirates of Barrataria" is inserted and paginated 133*-137*.

IV.

The/ Works/ of The/ Right Hon. Lord Byron./ In Two Volumes./ Vol. I./ [Vol. II.] London:/ Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1815/ [8º.

Contents--

Vol. I.: The Title, as above, is prefixed to Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Cantos I., II. (Fourth Ed.), 1812, and Hebrew Melodies (First Ed.), 1815, pp. 1-53.

Vol. II.: The Title, as above, is prefixed to Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto III.; Childe Harold, etc., Canto the Fourth; Romance Muy Doloroso, Translation, etc., pp. xiv. + 257; The Lament of Tasso (Sixth Ed.), 1818, pp. 1-18; Poems (N.) (Second Ed.), 1816; Monody, etc. (New Ed.), 1810; Ode to Napoleon (Second Ed.), 1814, pp 1-14.

Note.--These general titles were advertised, in July, 1815, for the purpose of binding, in two volumes, poems which were uniformly printed but had been separately issued. It is evident that they were still to be procured after the collected editions of 1815, 1817, 1818 had been published. In other copies the Contents are arranged in a different order.

The Poetical Works, etc. From the last London Edition. In Three Volumes. New York: Published by David Huntington. 1815.

VI.

The Works, etc. Including several poems now first collected. Together with an Original Biography. Embellished with a portrait, title-page, and six other engravings. In Three Vols. Philadelphia: Published by Moses Thomas, J. Maxwell, Printer. 1816. [12º.

VII.

The/ Works/ of/ The Right Honourable/ Lord Byron./ In Five Volumes./ Vol. I./ [Vol. II., etc.] Childe Harold./ London:/ John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1817. [8º.

Collation--

Vol. I.:--Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Half-title (R. Motto), pp. v., vi.; Pref., pp. vii.-xiv.; Cont., n.p.; Text, pp. 1-218. The Imprint (T. Davison, Lombard Street,/ Whitefriars, London/), is in the centre of the last page.

Vol. II.: pp. 1-202--Title, one leaf; Cont. to Vol. II.; Half-title; Dedication; Advertisement; Text, pp. 1-202. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page, p. .

Vol. III.: pp. viii. + 9-222: Title, one leaf; Cont. to Vol. III.; Half-title, pp. i. ii.; Dedication to Thomas Moore, Esq., pp. iii.-viii.; Text, pp. 9-222. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page, p. .

Vol. IV.: Title, one leaf; pp. iii., iv.; Cont. to Vol. IV., v.-viii.; Text. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page.

Vol. V.: pp. vi. + 184--Title, one leaf; Dedication, pp. i., ii.; Advertisement, pp. iii., iv.; Cont. to Vol. V., pp. v., vi.; Half-title; Text, pp. 1-184. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 184.

Note.--The Cont. of Vols. I.-IV., 1817, are identical with the Cont. of Vols. I.-IV., 1815.

Contents--

Vol. V.:-Siege of Corinth (N.) p. 1 Parisina (N.) p. 79 Poems (eleven, as pub. in Poems, 1816) p. 127 Monody, etc. (N.) p. 171

VIII.

Poems./ By Lord Byron./ New-York:/ Published by Thomas Kirk and Thomas R. Mercein,/ Moses Thomas, M. Carey and Son, Philadelphia;/ Wells and Lilly, Boston;/ and Coale and Maxwell, Baltimore./ T. and W. Mercein, Printers, 93, Gold Street./ 1817./ [12º.

Collation--

Pp. 1-64 (title-page unnumbered).

IX.

The/ Works/ of/ The Right Honourable/ Lord Byron./ Vol. I./ [Vol. II., etc.] Childe Harold./ London:/ John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1818.

Collation--

Vol. I.: pp. xiv. + 218--Half-title (R.T. Davison, Lombard Street,/ Whitefriars, London./), etc. (Vide supra, Vol. I., 1817).

Vol. II.: pp. 1-202--Half-title (R. Imprint), etc. (Vide supra, Vol. II., 1817).

Vol. III.: pp. viii. + 9-222 (Vide supra, Vol. III., 1817).

Vol. IV.: pp. viii. + 203--Half-title (R. Imprint) (Vide supra, Vol. IV., 1817).

Vol. V.:/ pp. 1-184--Half-title, The Siege, etc., one leaf; Title [The/ Works/ etc./ The Siege of Corinth--Parisina--Poems./ London:/John Murray, Albemarle-Street,/ 1818./]; Cont. of Vol. V.; Advertisement; Dedication, "To John Hobhouse, Esq.;" Text, pp. 1-104; The Imprint, T. Davison, Lombard-street,/ Whitefriars, London,/ is at the foot of p. 184.

Vol. VI.: pp. 1-187--Gen. Half-title (R. T. Davison, Lombard Street, Whitefriars, London); Title, one leaf [The Works,/ etc. In Six Volumes (in some copies "In six," etc., does not appear)]; Cont. to Vol. VI.; Half-title; Text, pp. 1-187, + Publisher's List, pp. 189-192. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 192.

Vol. VII.: pp. 1-273--Title [The/ Works, etc./ 1819.] (R. London:/ Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars/); Cont. to Vol. VII.; Text, pp. 1-273 + Publisher's Advertisement of Historical Illustrations (R. London:/ Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars/).

Vol. VIII.: pp. 1-165--Gen. Half-title (R. Imprint); Title [The/ Works, etc./ 1820]; Cont. to Vol. VIII.; Text, pp. 1-165 + Publisher's List (ten pages, with Imprint at the foot of p. ).

Note.--For Contents for Vols. I.-V., vide supra, Ed. 1817.

Contents--

Vol. VI.: -- Sonnet p. 1 The Prisoner of Chillon (N.) (and six poems, N.) p. 3 To Manfred (N.) p. 67 Lament of Tasso p. 169 Vol. VII.: -- Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto III. (N.) p. 1

Canto Iv. (n.) P. 81

Vol. VIII.: -- Beppo (N.) p. 1 Mazeppa p. 57 Ode p. 113 A Fragment p. 127 Romance Muy Doloroso (Transl.) p. 145 Sonetto di Vittorelli (Transl.) p. 162

Note.--Vols. I.-IV. of the Edition of 1818 are illustrated by "Twelve Plates engraved by Charles Heath, and other Artists, from the original Designs of [Tho.] Stothard." The "original Designs," water-colour drawings, were presented by Lord Byron to the third Lord Holland, and are now in the possession of the Earl of Ilchester.

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