English bards, and Scotch reviewers : a satire / by Lord Byron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.

Contributor:

Zaehnsdorf (Firm), binder.

Byron Collection in Memory of Meyer Davis, Jr. (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Genre:

Advertisements -- England -- London -- 19th century.

Illustrated books.

Penn Provenance:

Smith, Harry Bache, 1860-1936 (bookplate)

Davis, Meyer (donor)

Davis, Hilda Emery (donor)

Davis, Meyer, Jr. (honoree)

Physical Description:

vii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 85 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm (8vo)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for James Cawthorn, 1810 [i.e 1812?]

Notes:

Actual imprint date conjectured by Wise.

"This, the first spurious edition with Fourth Edition on its title-page ... has the misprint 'crouds' for 'crowds' in line 269, and the poem consists of 1050 lines only. The book was printed by T. Collins, whose imprint is imposed at the foot of the last page of advertisements instead of at the foot of page 85 as in succeeding spurious Fourth Editions. In line 285 'her altar burns' is misprinted 'her alter burns,' an error to be found in no other edition either genuine or spurious. The title-page is dated 1810; the succeeding spurious Fourth Editions are all dated 1811."--Wise.

Publisher's advertisements at end of book.

Local Notes:

Given to the Penn Libraries in 1966 by Meyer and Hilda Emery Davis in memory of their son, Meyer Davis, Jr.

Penn Libraries copy bound in full red calf by Zaehnsdorf for A.C. McClurg & Co.; gold-ruled covers; brief title, author's last name, place and date of publication stamped in gold on spine; gold-stamped cover-edges and turn-ins; marbled endpapers; gilt tops; red silk marker; in slipcase.

Penn Libraries copy extra-illustrated with 23 plates of portraits of literary figures mentioned in the text, some with forged autographs; ms. pencil note on verso of most plates indicating the number of the page after which each is bound.

Penn Libraries copy has ms. note in pencil on verso of front free endpaper.

Cited in:

Wise, T.J. Byron, I, p. 40

OCLC:

7612290