1864 1st ed Byron Beauties Don Juan She Walks in Beauty Illustrated Portraits

1864 1^st ed Byron Beauties Don Juan She Walks in Beauty Illustrated Portraits

 

“She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes…” 

–George Gordon Byron

 

George Gordon Byron, more commonly known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He has always been regarded as one of Britain’s greatest poets.

 

A lovely gallery featuring depictions of the female characters from Byron’s poetic works. This book is finely illustrated with 40 steel engraved plates, bound inside a leather binding with golden gilt inlay. Some of the characters featured are:

• Zuleika
• Zoe
• Leila
• Medora
• Lesbia
• Maid of Athens
• Donna Julia
• Kaled
• Laura
• Florence
• Mora

 

Item number: #1732

Price: $499

 

BYRON, Baron George Gordon

 

The gallery of Byron beauties : ideal pictures of the principal female characters in Lord Byron’s poems; from original paintings by eminent artists.

 

New York : D. Appleton and Co., 1864.

 

Details:

• Collation complete with all pages: 186p
  • 40 plates
• Provenance: Bookplate – Abram Whitley
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Language: English
• Size: ~10.5in X 7in (26cm x 18cm)

 

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