Hebrew Melodies, uncut

Lot 104
16.10.2025 10:00UTC +01:00
Classic
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1472027
Lot 104 | Hebrew Melodies, uncut
Estimate value
$ 1 200 – 1 800
BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824). Hebrew Melodies. London: T. Davison for John Murray, 1815.

First edition, first issue, uncut; with what is purported to be a fragment of Byron's Corsair costume that was worn in Missolonghi a few weeks before his death. Randolph and Wise do not record the additional 4 pages of advertisements for Murray's works, printed by J.F. Dove. The first issue includes an ad for Samuel Rogers's Jacqueline on p.56. This copy is uncut in original wrappers. The book is housed together with a thin strip of red fabric (85 x 10mm) mounted on a small card with explanatory text regarding Byron's costume. Randolph, pp.50-51; Wise Byron I, pp.103-104.

Octavo (222 x 135mm). Uncut. Half-title; text is followed by: 2-page publisher's advertisements, half-titles and titles to be used in binding the pamphlet editions of Byron's Works into two volumes, and an additional 4 pages of publisher's advertisements dated June 1815. Original drab wrappers, uncut (rebacked with thick paper extending about an inch onto both upper and lower wrappers; light soiling and with some chipping and creasing at extremities); cloth folding case. Provenance: Clara & Irwin Strasburger (bookplate)
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