BYRON, George Gordon, Lord

Manfred / Hebrew Melodies

London: John Murray, 1817 / 1815. First Editions. Second issue of Manfred, with the imprint on the half-title verso and no quotation on the title page. Undetermined issue of Hebrew Melodies. Octavo (20.5cm), both titles bound together. In twentieth-century marbled paper-covered boards, titled in black on paper spine label, all edges marbled; later off-white endpapers; [1-7] 8-80, [viii], [1]-53, [1]pp. A sturdy, straight copy, rubbed at edges and joints, internally with occasional spots of fingersoil and foxing but largely clean: Very Good.

Byron's closet drama Manfred bound with Hebrew Melodies, a collection of lyric poems that included the first appearance of "She Walks in Beauty." This copy lacking the final ad leaf of Hebrew Melodies, which would identify the issue, and without the inserted half-title and and title pages. WISE I pp. 103-4, 122.

Price: $800.00

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