[Rarebooks] FS: True and complete First Edition of one of the great comic poems in the English language

[Charles Agvent]

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   BYRON,  Lord.  DON JUAN. London: Thomas Davison/John  Hunt  1819 -
1824.  First Edition. FIRST EDITIONS OF ALL 16 CANTOS of Byron's  epic
satire  and  one  of the great comic poems in  the  English  language.
Along  with a copy of the First Octavo Edition (Thomas Davison,  1819)
of  the  first volume with the first two cantos. The first two  cantos
were  first  published  by Thomas Davison in 1819 in a  quarto  volume
(8-3/4"  x  11-1/2"),  here in contemporary calf with  some  wear  and
rubbing.  The remaining cantos, all present, were published in  octavo
volumes  (5-1/2"  x 8-3/4") by both Davison and later John  Hunt  from
1821 to 1824. These are bound in contemporary polished calf. All half-
title  pages  and  ads  present as called for; errata  for  the  sixth
volume  lacking.  All seven volumes have been uniformly rebacked  with
contrasting  morocco  spine labels. Sent abroad by his mother  at  the
age  of 16 in disgrace after an intrigue, Don Juan is shipwrecked. His
many  adventures  include clashes with pirates, being sold as a  slave
to  a sultana who falls in love with him, an escape from her  jealousy
to  Russia  where he attracts the favor of the Empress Catherine,  and
finally  a return to England where the poem concludes with a satirical
description  of social conditions there as well as love affairs of Don
Juan.  The first quarto and octavo volumes with the bookplate of noted
collectors  Nell  Rose  Wheeler and Charles Van Cise  Wheeler  on  the
front pastedowns. Very Good or better.                      $15,000.00

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