Romantic Poets interest, including Lord Byron
A collection of Commonplace Books and Scrap Albums
£6,250
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
Description
1830s album, possibly connected to the Noel family (Lady Byron's family), containing extracts from Byron's 'Mazeppa', "To Ada" from "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" and a hand-coloured engraving of Ada Byron, along with a poem, "To Ada" by "L.E.L."; a scrap album having belonged to Georgina Millicent, 1829; Commonplace book of Georgina Penelope Cumberland; Small scrap book of Edith L. Bright with laid-in engravings; Commonplace book with extracts from Lord Byron and others, with some engravings; Album with many laid-in engravings and several scraps including "The shade of Byron Contemplating the Ruins of Missolonghi" and engravings from the works of Sir Walter Scott; Disbound commonplace book, including "Stanzas written on the Portrait of Lord Byron painted by West - by L.E.L."; 8vo volume mainly dedicated to engravings of the life and works of Shakespeare, among others, in red morocco gilt; manuscript copy of Byron's "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers..." in an unknown hand, 8vo, blue straight-grained morocco gilt; and 4 others (13)
Footnote
Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair