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London: J. F. Dove, 1828. 138 x 88 mm. (5 1/2 x 3 1/2"). Two volumes.. VERY PRETTY CONTEMPORARY BURGUNDY MOROCCO, GILT, BY BAQUIÉ (stamp-signed in gold at foot of spine), covers with thick and thin gilt-rule border enclosing a blind-stamped floral roll frame and large central panel formed by multiple gilt rules with spiraling acanthus leaf cornerpieces, very wide raised bands decorated with scrolling acanthus leaves accented with small tools and flanked by thick and thin gilt fillets, gilt titling and turn-ins, all edges gilt. Each volume with engraved frontispiece depicting a scene from "Don Juan," the main figure in both of these illustrations bearing a striking resemblance to the poet. First volume with front pastedown ex-libris shelf label of M. Ladenburg; front free endpaper of same volume with ink presentation inscription dated 19 April 1844 (names have been erased). See Day, "History of English Literature 1660-1837," pp. 402-6. ◆Very minor soiling and faint traces of…

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.