![BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824). Don Juan. Cantos I-XVI [complete]. London: Thomas Davison, 1819-21 [Cantos I-V]; and C.H. Reynell for John Hunt, 1823-24 [Cantos VI-XVI].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2001/NYR/2001_NYR_09878_0019_000(033316).jpg?w=1)
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BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824). Don Juan. Cantos I-XVI [complete]. London: Thomas Davison, 1819-21 [Cantos I-V]; and C.H. Reynell for John Hunt, 1823-24 [Cantos VI-XVI].
Together 6 volumes, the first 4o (292 x 222 mm), the remaining 8o (223/227 x 242/244 mm). Half-titles in volumes I and II only (as issued); advertisement leaves (see below); errata slip bound at end of volume VI. (Occasional pale spotting, heaviest in the first vol.) Original drab boards of varying color, printed paper spine labels, uncut (skilfully rebacked preserving original spines); together in cloth folding case. Provenance: contemporary reading record on front pastedown in vol. I -- Charles Stanton (signatures on front endpapers of vols. 2, 4, 5 and 6) -- Robert Peel Sheldon (bookplate in volume three) -- purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 5 May 1970.
FIRST EDITIONS, COMPLETE IN ORIGINAL BOARDS, large-paper issues of volumes 3-6. Randolph records that there were 1,500 copies of the large-paper issues printed (against 2,500-3,500 of the small-paper and 16,000-17,000 of the "Common edition.") The following advertisement leaves are bound in: Volume III, 1 leaf at end, "Publications by John Hunt," dated July 1823; Volume IV, 2 leaves at front, "New and Important Works printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees...," dated August 1823 and 2 leaves at end, "Publications by John Hunt," dated September 1823; Volume V, 4 leaves at front, for Longman, Hurst, Rees et al, no date; and Volume VI, 8 leaves at front for Longman, Hurst, Rees et al, dated February 1824 and 1 leaf at end, "Published by John and H.L. Hunt," dated March 1824. Don Juan is Byron's epic satire in ottava rima, following the charming, handsome and unprincipled hero as he delights in succumbing to the beautiful women he meets. Hayward 222 (proofs for Cantos I and II); Randolph, pp. 69, 82-4, 86-8; Wise Byron I, pp.63-7. (6)
Together 6 volumes, the first 4o (292 x 222 mm), the remaining 8o (223/227 x 242/244 mm). Half-titles in volumes I and II only (as issued); advertisement leaves (see below); errata slip bound at end of volume VI. (Occasional pale spotting, heaviest in the first vol.) Original drab boards of varying color, printed paper spine labels, uncut (skilfully rebacked preserving original spines); together in cloth folding case. Provenance: contemporary reading record on front pastedown in vol. I -- Charles Stanton (signatures on front endpapers of vols. 2, 4, 5 and 6) -- Robert Peel Sheldon (bookplate in volume three) -- purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 5 May 1970.
FIRST EDITIONS, COMPLETE IN ORIGINAL BOARDS, large-paper issues of volumes 3-6. Randolph records that there were 1,500 copies of the large-paper issues printed (against 2,500-3,500 of the small-paper and 16,000-17,000 of the "Common edition.") The following advertisement leaves are bound in: Volume III, 1 leaf at end, "Publications by John Hunt," dated July 1823; Volume IV, 2 leaves at front, "New and Important Works printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees...," dated August 1823 and 2 leaves at end, "Publications by John Hunt," dated September 1823; Volume V, 4 leaves at front, for Longman, Hurst, Rees et al, no date; and Volume VI, 8 leaves at front for Longman, Hurst, Rees et al, dated February 1824 and 1 leaf at end, "Published by John and H.L. Hunt," dated March 1824. Don Juan is Byron's epic satire in ottava rima, following the charming, handsome and unprincipled hero as he delights in succumbing to the beautiful women he meets. Hayward 222 (proofs for Cantos I and II); Randolph, pp. 69, 82-4, 86-8; Wise Byron I, pp.63-7. (6)