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First edition, published anonymously. 4to simulated tree-leather boards, tan leather spine with gilt ornaments, raised bands and gilt-stamped red-leather labels; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt; 227 pages. Near fine with two small mends (title leaf fore edge and "Canto I" section title leaf lower edge) and occasional light soiling to margins. [Wise vol. II, pp. 3-4].

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.