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HUNT, Leigh (1784-1859). Lord Byron and some of his Contempories, London: Henry Colburn, 1828. 4° (271 x 212mm). Frontispiece portrait of Byron after a silhouette by Mrs Leigh Hunt, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH APPROXIMATELY 52 ENGRAVED PORTRAITS, VIEWS ETC.. (Some light spotting.) Very finely-bound in early 20th-century dark blue crushed morocco gilt by Macdonald of New York, the covers with triple gilt fillet borders enclosing an interlacing design of flower stems and heads, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges (extremities very lightly rubbed).
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