George Gordon, Lord Byron — Poems Original and Translated

Newark, S. and J. Ridge , 1808. Leather. An enlarged and revised edition of Lord Byron's culminating work, first published under 'Hours of Idleness&apos. Second edition.Bound in half calf with cloth boards and raised bands. Without half title. Engraved frontispiece.Byron was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement, with works such as Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage being amongst his best known. Byron's Hours of Idleness comprises a series of previous poems along with more recent compositions. Including 'Epitaph to a Friend', 'To Mary, on receiving her picture', 'To Romance', 'The Death of Calmar and Orla' and 'Lachia y. Gair&apos. The savage, anonymous criticism it received (now known to be the work of Henry Peter Brougham) in the Edinburgh Review prompted Byron to compose his first major satire, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809).With the bookplate of one Desmond Philpot Tiffin Vachell, member of the National Book League, to the front paste down. Bound in half calf with cloth boards and raised bands. Externally, smart, with moderate rubbing to the extremities. Bookplate of one Desmond Philpot Tiffin Vachell to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with light spotting to the first and last pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .