Byron, Lord George Gordon ; Edited by William Michael Rossetti

The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. (edited by William Rossetti ; illustrated Thomas Seccombe/Ford Madox Brown?]

London: John Walker, 1881. Thomas Seccombe (Illus.) / Ford Madox Brown. 1st ed thus, octavo, cloth boards, fountain design (with flowers, birds, butterflies) stamped in gilt, silver and black upper board. gilt lettering and publisher's device to spine, all edges gilt, frontis portrait (bust in circular design), single title page, b&w plates, text illustrations and decorations, all page prdered in red, pp xx 604. N.d. (1881). Light rubbing to head and foot of spine. The second free endpaper has a gift insciption and a second short inscription dated 1892. The tissue plate to the frontis is foxed, otherwise all is generally very clean. Binding firm. Very good condition.

An attractive and unusual edition of Lord Byron's work, introduced by the poet William Rossetti. This printing matches one in The British Library, which is catalogued as "Illustrated by Thomas Seccombe [or rather, by Ford Madox Brown]". (It is not clear why Ford Madox Brown would be using the name of another artist as a pseudonym.) This edition also matches the description in The British Library: "Without the additional titlepage and the frontispiece, the latter being replaced by a portrait. With different illustrations from the [1880] edition, that facing p. 410 signed: "M. W. Ridley." Item #105946

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