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Hardcover. 2nd Edition. VG. Bound by Charles Hering, the most distinguished and influential English binder of the first decade of the 19th century. Binding signed. Edge wear along spine, boards, and tips. Full s. q. morocco elaborately decorated in gold. Silk end papers and partial leather dentelles. Moderate foxing. Gilt text block. Folding facsimile plate in Greek and errata page. Charles Hering from G� ttingen/Germany, was called "the artistic successor to Roger Payne, the doyen of English bookbinders". He worked for Lord Spencer and the statesman Thomas Grenville. The wealthy and famous West End clientele such as Lord Byron frequented his shop at 34 St. Martin's Street.

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron, published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who believes his country to be corrupt and embarks on a journey to foreign lands in a quest for spiritual renewal.