[Rarebooks] FS: True First Edition of one of the greatest 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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