_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."
???: ?O: [Greek: APO: Io:]
?ef. ?. [Greek: Keph. Th.]
?a? ?? ta?? ???a?? ??e??a?? ??t?s??s?? ??
?????p?? t?? ???at??
?a? ??? e???s??s?? a?t??' ?a? ?p????s??s??
?p??a?e??, ?a? fe??eta?
? ???at?? ?p' a?t??.
[Greek: Kai e)n tai~s e(me/rais e)kei/nais zete/sousin oi( a)/nthropoi ton tha/naton kai ou)ch eu(re/sousin au)ton' kai e)pithyme/sousin a)pothanei~n, kai pheu/xetai o( tha/natos a)p' au)to~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./ [12.
_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./ [8.
_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.