Books

Six octavo volumes bound in 3 volumes matching full leather bindings of Regency period, decoration on front boards with diamond design, page edges marbled and marbled endpapers, etc. [see photo]. Internally clean and tight, bindings with some light rubs, a couple joints somewhat tender but covers are holding. FIRST VOLUME: Cantos I-II, London: Davison, 1822 "New Edition", title page, [1]-227, [1] pp. Cantos III, IV and V, London: Davison, 1821, First ed. 218 pp. SECOND VOLUME: Cantos VI - VII - and VIII. London: John Hunt, 1823, vii, [3], 184 pp. Cantos IX - X - and XI, London: John Hunt, 1823, 151, [1] pp. THIRD VOLUME: Cantos XII - XIII - and XIV. London: John Hunt, 1823, 168 pp. Cantos XV and XVI. London: John and H.L. Hunt, 1824, 129, [1] pp. All the Hunt printings seem to be First editions, no ads are present.

Don Juan is a long poem by Lord Byron, based on the legend of Don Juan, which Byron reverses, portraying Juan not as a womanizer but as someone easily seduced by women.