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ABC/251
Title
The Life and Work of Lord Byron. Vol 2
Date(s)
- [1850] (Creation)
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1 volume
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(22 Jan 1788-19 Apr 1824)
Biographical history
Poet and leading figure in the Romantic Movement.
ODNB Entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/4279
ODNB Entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/4279
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The second of two volumes offering a comprehensive collection of writings about and from Lord Byron's Life History and Poetical Work. It contains Notes by William Anderson and a series on in-text illustrative etchings of the following: Temple of Jupiter Olympus, Athens; Villenueve; Ianthe; Lisbon, from Fort Almeida; Cintra; Mafra; The Leaning Tower of Saragoza; Maid of Saragoza; Delphi; Cadiz; Acropolis, Athens; Santa Mura; Cape Leucadia (Lover's Leap); Vale of Tempe; Yanina; Ali Pacha; Rocks of Suli; Constantinople, from Pera; Temple of Minerva, Cape Colonna; Ada, Lord Byron's Daughter; Geneva; Grindelwald; Piazetta, from Church of St. Mark, Venice; Petrarch's House, Arqua; Castle of Ferrara; Mount Olympus; Falls of Terni; Tomb of Cecilia Metella; The Pantheon, Rome; Frescati; Gulf of Salamis; John Murray; The Simplon; Aberdeen.
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- English
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One loose cover. Spine and corners slightly scuffed