The Works of Lord Byron Volume VII Part 27

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_The Works of Lord Byron_. Complete in Thirty-two Volumes. Published by the Brothers Schumann, Zwickau. 1825-1827. [16.

_Note_.--Vol. x.x.xIII. was issued in 1838. [Kayser, 1841.]

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_The Works of Lord Byron_, comprising the suppressed poems. In Thirteen Volumes. Paris. Printed by Didot aine. Published by A. and W.

Galignani, No. 18, Rue Vivienne. 1826. [32.

[_B. de la F._, June 3, 1826.]

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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./ [8.

_Collation_--

Pp. xliii. + 716--Gen. Half-t.i.tle (R. _Printed by Jules Didot, Senior,/ Printer to his Majesty, Rue du Pont de Lodi, N 6_/); t.i.tle-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 t.i.tle-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 t.i.tle, "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.).

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_The Works_, etc. Complete. One Vol. Frankfort o. M. Printed by and for H.L. Broenner. 1826. 4, pp. xvi. + 776.

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_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. x.x.x. + 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.

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_The Works_, etc. In Six Volumes. London: John Murray, etc. 1827. [Small 8.

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The/ Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ In Four Volumes./ Vol. I./ [Vol. II., etc.]

London:/ John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1828./ [12.

_Collation_--

Vol. I.: pp. ix. + 362--Gen. Half-t.i.tle, Works/ of/ Lord/ Byron./ (R.

_London: Printed by Thomas Davison Whitefriars_/), pp. i., ii.; t.i.tle, 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-t.i.tle (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-t.i.tle (R. Imprint), pp. i., ii.; t.i.tle, 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-t.i.tle (R. Imprint); t.i.tle, 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 Ta.s.so p. 105 Poems: Written in an Alb.u.m (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

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