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The First Edition of Lord Byron's Don JuanMainly Uncut in the Original Boards BYRON, George Gordon, Lord. Don Juan. London: Printed by Thomas Davison, 1819-1821; Printed for John Hunt, 1823; Printed for John and H.L. Hunt, 1824. First editions, large-paper issues. of Volumes I-VI. Complete in six volumes (Cantos I and II in one quarto volume (11 x 8 3/8 inches; 280 x 213 mm.), Cantos III-XVI in five octavo volumes (9 1/16 x 5 11/16 inches; 231 x 144 mm.). [4], 227, [1, printer's imprint]; [4], 218, [1, blank], [1, printer's imprint]; vii, [1, blank], [1], [1, blank], 184, [2, ads ("Publications by John Hunt," dated July, 1823)]; 151, [1, printer's imprint], [4, ads ("Publications by John Hunt," dated Sept. 1823)]; 168; 129, [1, printer's imprint], [2, ads ("Published by John and H.L. Hunt, "dated March, 1824)] pp. Complete with half-titles in Volume I and II (no half-titles called for in the last four volumes) and errata slip (inserted between pp. 128/129) at end of Volume…

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.