The first 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: Lord Byron; Lausanne; Franciscan Convent, Athens; Lady Caroline Lamb; Lady Noel Byron; Diodati; Interlachen; Bellagio, Lago di Como; Martigny; Tivoli; Licenza; Temple of Vesta, Tivoli; The Lido, Venice; Bologna; Margarita Cogna; Campo Santo, Pisa; Countess Guiccioli; Gulf of Spezzia; Cephalonia; Missolonghi; Newstead Abbey; Lachin y Gair; Lord Clare; Harrow; Miss Chaworth; Malta; Theresa, the Maid of Athens; Bridge of Egnippo, Negropont; Corinth; Dungeon of Chillon; Castle of Chillon; Chamouni; Countess of Jersey; Madame de Stael; Temple of Theseus, Athens; The Parthenon.
Inscribed at front
Aimée to Patsy| January 18th 1886| "May time, who sheds| his blight o'er all| And daily dooms some| joy to death| O'er thee let years so gently fall| They shall not crush| one flower beneath"
[from Peace be Around Thee by Thomas Moore]