BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824). Hebrew Melodies. London: John Murray, 1815.

8vo (223 x 142 mm). 4pp. publisher's advertisements at front, half-title, extra half-titles and title-pages at end allowing the poems to be bound in two volumes, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end dated June 1815. (Slight offsetting.) Original brown wrappers (backstrip perishing, gatherings starting to spring); slipcase. Provenance: illegible contemporary Dublin bookseller (their ticket on front wrapper); David and Lulu Borowitz (bookplate); Robert A. Wilson (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with Roger's "Jacqueline" and Campbell's "Selected Beauties" listed second and third on the second page of advertisements ([E4v]). At the request of his friend D. Kinnaird, Bryon wrote Hebrew Melodies, which was originally accompanied by music composed by Isaac Nathan. Randolph, p. 50.

[With:] BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord. English Bards and Scotch Reviewers; A Satire. London: James Cawthorn, 1810. 8vo (189 x 113 mm). 3pp. publisher's advertisements at end dated 30 March 1810, original half-title cropped and tipped in at end. (A touch of light toning and a few tiny spots.) Contemporary turquoise morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Bedford (slight soiling, hinges just starting). Provenance: Bertrand Smith's (their partially removed ticket on front flyleaf). Third edition. Randolph, pp. 16-17.

Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio

BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord (1788-1824). Hebrew Melodies. London: John Murray, 1815.