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Don Leon; A poem by the late Lord Byron, Author of Childe Harold, Don Juan, &c., &c. and forming part of the private journal of His Lordship, supposed to have been entirely destoyed by Thos. Moore. To which is added Leon to Annabella; An ep

Full title: Don Leon; A poem by the late Lord Byron, Author of Childe Harold, Don Juan, &c., &c. and forming part of the private journal of His Lordship, supposed to have been entirely destoyed by Thos. Moore. To which is added Leon to Annabella; An epistle from Lord Byron to Lady Byron. 12mo. pp. [4], 52, 63, [7], [5]-17, [1]. Signatures: Gatherings in twelves; signatures alternating 12mos signed in 8s and 4s, and 12mos in half-sheets signed in 2s and 4s, the whole in imitation of an 18mo. Half title and title [4] p. at front; "Don Leon" 52 p.; "Notes to Don Leon" 63 p.; verso of p. 63 blank; "Leon to Annabella" [6], [5]-17 p. with special title page with imprint date 1865; colophon on verso of p. 17 at end. CBEL III, 205 lists two 1866 editions. See T.J. Wise, The Ashley Library. A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters. London, 1922, vol. I, p. 168 for variations in the collation compared to the copy at hand. Half cloth and marbled boards, original printed wrappers bound in. "Leon to Annabella" has separate t.p., London, 1865. Clipping of Byron’s poem from The Africa, Book VI. The death of Mago removed from volume. The item is available in MS 580 in Specia

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