The Works of Lord Byron Volume VII Part 71

_Note_.--The additional matter consists of the citations and corrections of ten of Bacon's apophthegms, and a defence of the literary merits of Voltaire, pp. 217-222, which was omitted from the First Edition (see letter to Murray, August 21, 1821, _Letters_, 1901, v. 351).

_Cantos I.-V._

I.

Don Juan./ A/ Poem,/ By/ Lord Byron./ London./ Printed & Sold by W.

Benbow./ At the Lord Byron's Head./ 9, Castle Street, Leicester Square./ 1822./ [12.

_Collation_--

[Cantos I.-V.], pp. 214 + Notes to Canto First, etc., pp. [215]-[220].

The Imprint (_Sudbury, Printer, High Holborn_) is at the foot of p.

[220].

II.

Don Juan./ "Difficile est," etc./ Hor. _Epist. ad Pison._/ With/ A Preface,/ By a Clergyman./ London:/ Printed by and for Hodgson & Co.,/ 10, Newgate Street./ 1822./ [12.

_Collation_--

Half-t.i.tle, pp. i., ii.; t.i.tle, pp. iii., iv.; Publisher's Preface, pp.

v.-x.; Text, pp. 3-226. The Imprint (_Printed by Hodgson and Co. 10, Newgate Street, London_.) is at the foot of p. 226.

_Note_.--The Front. is a lithograph of "Lord Byron." This edition was reissued in 1823 with another Front., a lithograph of "Lord Byron,"

after the portrait by G. Harlow.

III.

Don Juan./ In Five Cantos./ A New Edition, with Notes./ [t.i.tle-vignette,? Newstead Abbey.] And/ Three Engravings after Corbould./ London:/ Printed by and for Peter Griffin,/ Tabernacle Walk,/ and sold by all Booksellers in Town and Country./ [1823.] [12.

_Collation_--

Half-t.i.tle, one leaf; t.i.tle (R. _Arliss. Typ. London_); Second Half-t.i.tle, with motto, "Difficile est," etc./ Hor./; Cont.; Text [Cantos I.-V.], pp. 1-180.

_Note_.--A paper cover with ornamental border bears the date MDCCCXXIII.

IV.

Don Juan./ "Difficile est," etc./ Hor. Epist. ad Pison./ A Correct Copy from the original edition./ London:/ Printed by G. Smeeton, St. Martin's Church Yard,/ Charing Cross./ [1826?] [8.

_Collation_--

t.i.tle, one leaf, pp. 1, 2; Text, pp. 3-215 + Notes to Canto I., etc., pp. [217]-[228]. The Imprint (_Printed by G. Smeeton, St. Martin's Church Yard_.) is at the foot of p. [228].

_Note_.--There is an ill.u.s.trated t.i.tle (Don Juan/ Cantos 1 to 5/ London./ Printed by G. Smeeton St. Martins Church Yard./) with t.i.tle-vignette, head of Lord Byron encircled with bay leaves, and six coloured ill.u.s.trations by I.R. Cruikshank.

_Cantos VI., VII, VIII._

I.

Don Juan./ Cantos VI.--VII.--And VIII./ "Dost thou think because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more/ Cakes and Ale?"--"Yes, by St.

Anne; and Ginger shall be hot i' the/ mouth too!"--_Twelfth Night, or What you Will._/ Shakespeare./ London, 1823:/ Printed for John Hunt,/ 38, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, And/ 22, Old Bond Street./ [8.

_Collation_--

t.i.tle (R. London:/ _Printed by C.H. Reynell, Broad Street, Golden Square._/), pp. i., ii.; Preface to Cantos VI.--VII.--and VIII., pp.

[iii.]-vii.; Second Half-t.i.tle, one leaf; Text, pp. 1-184; "Publications by John Hunt ... July, 1823," pp. [185], [186].

_Note_.--Notes to Canto VIII. are on pp. [183], 184. This edition was reissued in 1825--Printed for Hunt and Clarke,/ Tavistock Street, Covent Garden./ The pagination, etc., is identical with that of the edition of 1823. The Imprint (_London:/ Printed by C.H. Reynell, Broad Street, Golden Square._/) is on p. [186].

II.

Don Juan./ Cantos VI.--VII.--VIII./ "Dost thou think," etc. [Motto, four lines]./ London: Printed and Published by W. Dugdale, 19, Tower Street, Seven Dials./ 1823./ [12.

_Collation_--

t.i.tle, one leaf, pp. i., ii.; Preface, pp. iii., iv.; Text, pp. 1-221 + Notes to Cantos IX. X. XI., pp. [223], [224]. The Imprint (_Benbow, Printer, 9, Castle-Street, Leicester-square, London._) is at the foot of p. [224].

_Note_.--This edition includes Cantos IX., X., XI.

III.

Don Juan./ Cantos VI.--VII.--VIII./ "Dost thou think," etc. [Motto, four lines]./ London: 1823./ Printed for John Hunt, 22, Old Bond-Street, and 38, Tavistock-/ Street, Covent Garden./ [12.

_Collation_--

t.i.tle (R. _London:/ Printed by C.H. Reynell, Broad Street, Golden Square._/), pp. i., ii.; Preface, pp. iii.-vi.; Text, pp. 7-97. The Imprint, as above, is at the foot of p. 97.

_Cantos IX., X., XI._

I.

Don Juan./ Cantos IX.--X.--And XI./ "Dost thou think because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more/ Cakes and Ale?"--"Yes, by St. Anne; and Ginger shall be hot i' the/ mouth too!"--_Twelfth Night_, or What you Will./ Shakspeare./ London, 1823:/ Printed for John Hunt,/ 38, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, And/ 22, Old Bond Street./ [8.

_Collation_--

t.i.tle, one leaf, pp. 1, 2; Half-t.i.tle, pp. 3, 4; Text, pp. 5-151. The Imprint (_London;/ Printed by C.H. Reynell, Broad Street, Golden Square._/) is in the centre of p. [152].

_Note_ (1).--The Notes to Canto IX. are on pp. [49], 50; the Notes to Canto X. on pp. [97]-99; and the Notes to Canto XI. on pp. [149]-151.

Canto XI. stanza lvii. lines 5-8 and stanza lviii. are omitted.

_Note_ (2).--The motto is here given in full; and note "Shakspeare," not "Shakespeare," as before.

II.