ISBN10: 1362300640, ISBN13: 9781362300649, [publisher: WENTWORTH PR] Hardcover
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2016]
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[publisher: John Murray, London] Hardcover First Edition A beautiful overlap of literature and travel description, being a tour through Mediterranean and Continental sites of interest in the life and tales of Lord Byron. Brief biographical descriptions are scattered throughout. Edward Francis Finden's masterful series of steel engravings from the works of J.M.W. Turner, William Westall and other leading landscape and portrait artists of the day capture the dreamy and romantic qualities of Byron's poetry. Scarce first edition. Three volumes, large octavo, contemporary half morocco with gilt panelled spines, marbled boards; engraved title page of one volume is frayed along the fore-edge, occasional mild foxing and offsetting, boards rubbed but a handsome near-fine set nonetheless.
[Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 1834]
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London: John Murray, Date: 1833. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Three volumes. Quartos. Illustrated with engraved plates. Bound in dark brown half morocco and marbled paper over boards, gilt spines, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Engraved armorial bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. Boards are rubbed with some wear to the edges of the boards, heavy foxing on the engraved frontispiece plates and facing engraved title pages, light scattered foxing and some offsetting on a few intermittent engraved plates and facing letterpress pages, a good or better set overall. 1833. John Murray US