“WHERE’ER WE TREAD ‘TIS HAUNTED, HOLY GROUND”: HANDSOMELY BOUND BYRON SET
BYRON, George Gordon, Lord. The Poetical Works. A New Edition. London: John Murray, 1855-56. Six volumes. Octavo, contemporary full purple polished calf, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, tan morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut and partially unopened.
Early edition of Byron’s works, handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf.
With Phillips’ frontispiece portrait of Byron engraved by Finden. Includes all of Byron’s poems and verse dramas. Index in Volume VI. Lowndes, 338.
Interiors fine, spines evenly toned to brown. A very attractive set.