Chapter 1

Notes p. 99 Poems (xx.) p. 156 The Giaour (1215 lines) p. 205 Note p. 261

_Note_ (Vol. I.).--On fly-leaf: "To the Rt. Honourable Lord Byron from his obt. servant Geo Ticknor, June 20. 1815."

"This book was given to me by Lord Byron, April 20, 1816, on his leaving England. Scrope Davies."

[Greek: APO: IÔ:] [Greek: Keph. Th.]

[Greek: Kai\ e)n tai~s ê(me/rais e)kei/nais zêtê/sousin oi( a)/nthrôpoi to\n tha/naton kai\ ou)ch eu(rê/sousin au)to\n' kai\ e)pithymê/sousin a)pothanei~n, kai\ pheu/xetai o( tha/natos a)p' au)tô~n.]

On second fly-leaf: "Semper ego tui memoriam colam; semper tua imago ante oculos observabitur; semper idem mihi eras; qui idem semper eras bonis omnibus."

These volumes which were presented by George Ticknor to Lord Byron,[A] and, in turn, presented by him to Scrope Davies, passed into the hands of Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844), and are now in the possession of his grandson, Mr. F.B. Money-Coutts.

FOOTNOTES:

[A] "He [Byron] spoke to me of a copy of the American edition of his poems, which I had sent him, and expressed his satisfaction at seeing it in a small form, because in that way, he said, nobody would be prevented from purchasing it" ("Journal," June 21, 1815).--_Life, Letters, and Journals_ of George Ticknor, Boston, 1876, i. 62.

II.

The/ Poetical Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ From the last London Edition./ In Two Volumes./ Volume I./ [Vol. II.] Boston:/ Published by Cummings & Hilliard,/ No. I, Cornhill./ Joseph T. Buckingham, Printer,/ 1814./ [12º.

_Collation_--

Vol. I.: pp. xi. + 308--Title, one leaf, pp. i., ii.; Cont., pp. iii., iv.; _Lord Byron_ [excerpt from the _Analectic Magazine_], pp. v.-xi.; Text, pp. 1-308.

Vol. II.: pp. iv. + 251--Title, one leaf, pp. i, ii; Cont., pp. iii, iv; Text, pp. 1-251.

_Contents_--

Vol. I.:--Poems, Original and Translated p. 1

English Bards, etc. (Third Edition) (1050 lines), with p. 123 Postscript

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Cantos I., II. (First Edition), p. 179 with Notes, etc.

Vol. II.:--Poems [Twenty-six, _i.e._ poems issued with p. 1 Sec. Ed. of _Childe Harold_, and six (not tabulated) issued with the _Corsair_]

The Giaour (Fifth Edition) p. 47

The Bride of Abydos (Seventh Edition) p. 103

The Corsair (Sixth Edition) p. 159

Prize Prologue (Oct. 1812) (Second Edition) p. 241

Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte (Second Edition: sixteen stanzas) p. 245

III.

The/ Works/ of/ The Right Honorable/ Lord Byron./ In Four Volumes./ Vol. I./ [Vol. II., etc.] Childe Harold./ London:/ Printed for John Murray, Albemarle Street./ 1815./ [8º.

_Collation_--

Vol. I.: pp. xviii. + 218--Gen. Half-title, one leaf, pp. i., ii.; Title (_R.T. Davison, Lombard-Street,/ White-Friars, London_.), pp. iii., iv.; General Contents to the Four Volumes, pp. v.-x.*; Half-title (R. Motto--_Le Cosmopolite_), _n.p._; Prefaces, pp. xi.-xviii.; Cont. to Vol. I., one leaf, _n.p._; Text, pp. 1-218. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 218.

_Note_.--In the earlier copies of Vol. I. of this edition, the misplaced "Advertisement" to _The Giaour_ is on pp. i., ii., and pp. ix.*, x.*, giving Cont. of _Hebrew Melodies_, are not inserted.

Vol. II.: pp. 1-202--Gen. Half-title, one leaf; Title (R. Imprint); Cont. to Vol. II.; Half-title; Dedication; Text, pp. 1-202. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page, p. [204].

Vol. III.: pp. viii. + 9-228--Gen. Half-title, one leaf; Title (R. Imprint); Cont. to Vol. III.; Half-title, pp. i., ii.; Dedication to Thomas Moore, Esq., pp. iii.-viii.; Text, pp. 9-228. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 228.

Vol. IV.: pp. viii. [ix.*, x.*] + 203--Gen. Half-title, one leaf; Title (R. Imprint), pp. i.-iv.; Cont. to Vol. IV., pp. v.-x.*; Text, pp. 1-203.

_Contents_--

Vol. I.:--To Ianthe, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Cantos I., II., p. 3 (N. App.)

Romaic Books and Authors, etc. p. 188

Vol. II.:--The Giaour (N.) p. 1

The Bride of Abydos, Cantos I., II. (N.) p. 103

Vol. III.:--The Corsair, Cantos I.-III. (N.) p. i.

Lara, Cantos I., II. (N.) p. 133

Vol. IV.:--Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte (N.) p. 1

Poems (N.) [xxxvi., consisting of xxix. pub. in the Seventh Ed. p. 17 of _Childe Harold_, vi. pub. in the Second Ed. of the _Corsair_, and Verses on Sir P. Parker.]

Hebrew Melodies (24) p. 143

_Note_.--In later issues of Vol. III., 1815, the note on the "Pirates of Barrataria" is inserted and paginated 133*-137*.

IV.

The/ Works/ of The/ Right Hon. Lord Byron./ In Two Volumes./ Vol. I./ [Vol. II.] London:/ Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1815/ [8º.

_Contents_--

Vol. I.: The Title, as above, is prefixed to _Childe Harold's Pilgrimage_, Cantos I., II. (Fourth Ed.), 1812, and _Hebrew Melodies_ (First Ed.), 1815, pp. 1-53.

Vol. II.: The Title, as above, is prefixed to _Childe Harold's Pilgrimage_, Canto III.; _Childe Harold_, etc., Canto the Fourth; _Romance Muy Doloroso_, Translation, etc., pp. xiv. + 257; _The Lament of Tasso_ (Sixth Ed.), 1818, pp. 1-18; _Poems_ (N.) (Second Ed.), 1816; _Monody_, etc. (New Ed.), 1810; _Ode to Napoleon_ (Second Ed.), 1814, pp 1-14.

_Note_.--These general titles were advertised, in July, 1815, for the purpose of binding, in two volumes, poems which were uniformly printed but had been separately issued. It is evident that they were still to be procured after the collected editions of 1815, 1817, 1818 had been published. In other copies the Contents are arranged in a different order.

V.

_The Poetical Works_, etc. From the last London Edition. In Three Volumes. New York: Published by David Huntington. 1815.

[E. Kölbing, _Prisoner of Chillon_, 1896.]

VI.

_The Works_, etc. Including several poems now first collected. Together with an Original Biography. Embellished with a portrait, title-page, and six other engravings. In Three Vols. Philadelphia: Published by Moses Thomas, J. Maxwell, Printer. 1816. [12º.

[Kölbing.]

VII.

The/ Works/ of/ The Right Honourable/ Lord Byron./ In Five Volumes./ Vol. I./ [Vol. II., etc.] Childe Harold./ London:/ John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1817. [8º.

_Collation_--

Vol. I.:--Title, one leaf, pp. iii., iv.; Half-title (R. Motto), pp. v., vi.; Pref., pp. vii.-xiv.; Cont., _n.p._; Text, pp. 1-218. The Imprint (_T. Davison, Lombard Street,/ Whitefriars, London_/), is in the centre of the last page.

Vol. II.: pp. 1-202--Title, one leaf; Cont. to Vol. II.; Half-title; Dedication; Advertisement; Text, pp. 1-202. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page, p. [204].

Vol. III.: pp. viii. + 9-222: Title, one leaf; Cont. to Vol. III.; Half-title, pp. i. ii.; Dedication to Thomas Moore, Esq., pp. iii.-viii.; Text, pp. 9-222. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page, p. [224].

Vol. IV.: Title, one leaf; pp. iii., iv.; Cont. to Vol. IV., v.-viii.; Text. The Imprint is in the centre of the last page.

Vol. V.: pp. vi. + 184--Title, one leaf; Dedication, pp. i., ii.; Advertisement, pp. iii., iv.; Cont. to Vol. V., pp. v., vi.; Half-title; Text, pp. 1-184. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 184.

_Note_.--The Cont. of Vols. I.-IV., 1817, are identical with the Cont. of Vols. I.-IV., 1815.

_Contents_--

Vol. V.:-Siege of Corinth (N.) p. 1 Parisina (N.) p. 79 Poems (eleven, as pub. in _Poems_, 1816) p. 127 Monody, etc. (N.) p. 171

VIII.

Poems./ By Lord Byron./ New-York:/ Published by Thomas Kirk and Thomas R. Mercein,/ Moses Thomas, M. Carey and Son, Philadelphia;/ Wells and Lilly, Boston;/ and Coale and Maxwell, Baltimore./ T. and W. Mercein, Printers, 93, Gold Street./ 1817./ [12º.

_Collation_--

Pp. 1-64 (title-page unnumbered).

IX.

The/ Works/ of/ The Right Honourable/ Lord Byron./ Vol. I./ [Vol. II., etc.] Childe Harold./ London:/ John Murray, Albemarle-Street./ 1818.

_Collation_--

Vol. I.: pp. xiv. + 218--Half-title (_R.T. Davison, Lombard Street,/ Whitefriars, London_./), etc. (_Vide supra_, Vol. I., 1817).

Vol. II.: pp. 1-202--Half-title (R. Imprint), etc. (_Vide supra_, Vol. II., 1817).

Vol. III.: pp. viii. + 9-222 (_Vide supra_, Vol. III., 1817).

Vol. IV.: pp. viii. + 203--Half-title (R. Imprint) (_Vide supra_, Vol. IV., 1817).

Vol. V.:/ pp. 1-184--Half-title, _The Siege_, etc., one leaf; Title [The/ Works/ etc./ The Siege of Corinth--Parisina--Poems./ London:/John Murray, Albemarle-Street,/ 1818./]; Cont. of Vol. V.; Advertisement; Dedication, "To John Hobhouse, Esq.;" Text, pp. 1-104; The Imprint, _T. Davison, Lombard-street_,/ Whitefriars, London,/ is at the foot of p. 184.

Vol. VI.: pp. 1-187--Gen. Half-title (R. _T. Davison, Lombard Street, Whitefriars, London_); Title, one leaf [The Works,/ etc. _In Six Volumes_ (in some copies "In six," etc., does not appear)]; Cont. to Vol. VI.; Half-title; Text, pp. 1-187, + Publisher's List, pp. 189-192. The Imprint is at the foot of p. 192.

Vol. VII.: pp. 1-273--Title [The/ Works, etc./ 1819.] (R. _London:/ Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars_/); Cont. to Vol. VII.; Text, pp. 1-273 + Publisher's Advertisement of Historical Illustrations (R. _London:/ Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars_/).

Vol. VIII.: pp. 1-165--Gen. Half-title (R. Imprint); Title [The/ Works, etc./ 1820]; Cont. to Vol. VIII.; Text, pp. 1-165 + Publisher's List (ten pages, with Imprint at the foot of p. [10]).

_Note_.--For Contents for Vols. I.-V., _vide supra_, Ed. 1817.

_Contents_--

Vol. VI.: -- Sonnet p. 1 The Prisoner of Chillon (N.) (and six poems, N.) p. 3 To Manfred (N.) p. 67 Lament of Tasso p. 169 Vol. VII.: -- Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto III. (N.) p. 1