8vo (181 x 108 mm). Half-title, woodcut head-and-tail-pieces. (Possibly lacking b[4], some light toning.) Contemporary calf gilt, stamped in black and blind, edges marbled (some light wear). Provenance: Elizabeth Bridget Pigot (1783-1866) friend and biographic source for Lord Byron (signature, several graphite drawings including on half-title, annotations).

FIRST EDITION. The present copy bears all the points of the first edition: the sheets are watermarked "LL 1806"; D3 has been cancelled (reset and without footnote); p.5 lines 2-3 read "where where"; p.114 has the misprint "thnnder" in line 4; and p.181 has the misprint "Thc" in the penultimate line. Hayward 218; Randolph, p.9; Wise Byron I, pp.7-8.