These volumes which were presented by George Ticknor to Lord Byron,[I] and, in turn, presented by him to Scrope Davies, passed into the hands of Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844), and are now in the possession of his grandson, Mr. F. B. Money-Coutts.
FOOTNOTES:
[I] "He [Byron] spoke to me of a copy of the American edition of his poems, which I had sent him, and expressed his satisfaction at seeing it in a small form, because in that way, he said, nobody would be prevented from purchasing it" ("Journal," June 21, 1815).—Life, Letters, and Journals of George Ticknor, Boston, 1876, i. 62.
II.
The/ Poetical Works/ of/ Lord Byron./ From the last London Edition./ In Two Volumes./ Volume I./ [Vol. II.] Boston:/ Published by Cummings & Hilliard,/ No. I, Cornhill./ Joseph T. Buckingham, Printer,/ 1814./ [12º.
Collation—
Vol. I.: pp. xi. + 308—Title, one leaf, pp. i., ii.; Cont., pp. iii., iv.; Lord Byron [excerpt from the Analectic Magazine], pp. v.-xi.; Text, pp. 1-308.
Vol. II.: pp. iv. + 251—Title, one leaf, pp. i, ii; Cont., pp. iii, iv; Text, pp. 1-251.
Contents—
| Vol. I.:—Poems, Original and Translated | p. 1 |
| English Bards, etc. (Third Edition) (1050 lines), with Postscript | p. 123 |
| Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Cantos I., II. (First Edition), with Notes, etc. | p. 179 |
| Vol. II.:—Poems [Twenty-six, i.e. poems issued with Sec. Ed. of Childe Harold, and six (not tabulated) issued with the Corsair] | p. 1 |
| The Giaour (Fifth Edition) | p. 47 |
| The Bride of Abydos (Seventh Edition) | p. 103 |
| The Corsair (Sixth Edition) | p. 159 |
| Prize Prologue (Oct. 1812) (Second Edition) | p. 241 |
| Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte (Second Edition: sixteen stanzas) | p. 245 |