The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, Complete. New Edition, the Text Carefully Revised with Portrait.

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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, Complete. New Edition, the Text Carefully Revised with Portrait.

Artist W. Holl

Publisher John Murray, London, 1861

Printer John Childs and Son, [s.l.]

Binder F. Bedford

Author George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron) (British, 1788-1824)

Place of OriginEngland, Britain

Date1861

DimensionsBook: 7 7/16 × 5 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (189 × 133 × 35mm)
Page: 7 3/16 × 4 5/8 in. (183 × 117mm)

Mediumoriginal print: engraving after Thorvaldsen's statue of Byron text: letterpress paper: white wove paper

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1920.40

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Label TextFrancis Bedford was the foremost nineteenth century English binder. His work was considered unsurpassed by any of his contemporaries. His designs were generally adapted from earlier binding, but his perfection of execution placed him in the top rank of modern bookbinders. This sumptuously bound volume is a magnificent masterpiece of Bedford's binding. He bound it specially for display at the 1862 International Exposition at London.