Lot 31
  • 31

[Byroniana]

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • A Catalogue of a Collection of Books, late the property of a nobleman, about to leave England on a tour. London: Evans, 1816.
  • Paper, ink, leather
8vo (220 x 143 mm). Modern wrappers.

auction sale catalogue of Byron's library fully priced in a contemporary hand. Byron fled England in 1816, necessitating this sale. The lots bought by his publisher Murray are indicated by an "M."  A very rare catalogue; the only other copies are at the British Library, Harvard, and the University of Pennsylvania. The sale totaled  £724.