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Sardanapalus, a tragedy ; The two Foscari, a tragedy ; Cain, a mystery / by Lord Byron.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Byron PR4368 .A1 1821
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.
- Standardized Title:
- Plays. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, active 668 B.C.-627 B.C--Drama.
- Ashurbanipal.
- Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, active 668 B.C.-627 B.C.
- Genre:
- Tragedies.
- Drama.
- Penn Provenance:
- Davis, Meyer (donor) (Davis Byron copy)
- Davis, Hilda Emery (donor) (Davis Byron copy)
- Davis, Meyer, Jr. (honoree) (Davis Byron copy)
- Bonner, Paul Hyde (bookplate) (Davis Byron copy)
- Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor) (RBC 821B 99.7 copy 2)
- Elias, Archibald C. (bookplate) (donor) (RBC PR4368 .A1 1821 copy)
- Grierson Family Books (label) (RBC PR4368 .A1 1821 copy)
- Haney, John Louis, 1877-1960 (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- viii, 439 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 24 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Two Foscari
- Cain
- Sardanapalus, a tragedy ; The two Foscari, a tragedy ; Cain, a mystery
- Place of Publication:
- London : John Murray, 1821.
- Notes:
- The first edition.--Cf. Wise.
- "There are two variants of this volume. The first has only the word 'Sardanapalus' on the first fly title, page (1). In the second variant this page bears the words 'Sardanapalus / A Tragedy.'"--Randolph.
- "London: Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars"--Half-t.p. verso.
- Signatures: [A]⁴ B-2E⁸ 2F⁴.
- Local Notes:
- Davis Byron given to the Penn Libraries in 1966 by Meyer and Hilda Emery Davis in memory of their son, Meyer Davis, Jr.
- Penn Libraries Davis Byron copy is variant with the words "Sardanapalus / A Tragedy" on p. [1].
- Penn Libraries Davis Byron copy in original drab paper boards; white paper spine label printed with titles, author's name and price; untrimmed edges; enclosed in a clamshell case.
- Penn Libraries Davis Byron copy has bookseller's printed description laid in; bookplate of Paul Hyde Bonner on front pastedown.
- RBC 821 B99.7 copy 1 has just 'Sardanapalus' on first fly title.
- RBC 821 B99.7 copy 2 has "Sardanapalus / A Tragedy" on first fly title.
- RBC 821 B99.7 copy 1 bound with: Byron, George Gordon Byron. Werner. London : John Murray, 1823. (Item 1 of 2)
- RBC PR4368 .A1 1821 copy has "Sardanapalus" on first fly title.
- RBC PR4368 .A1 1821 copy has illegible autograph at head of title leaf; bookplate of Archibald Elias and label of Grierson Family Books.
- Culture Class Collection copy has "Sardanapalus" on first fly title.
- Culture Class Collection copy has 2 brief catalog descriptions pasted in, one does not apply to this title, the other does.
- Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate of John Louis Haney.
- Culture Class Collection copy has label of Shepard Book Company.
- Cited in:
- Wise, T.J. Byron, II, p. 32
- Randolph, F.L. Studies for a Byron bibl., p. 75
- OCLC:
- 36330398
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