Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries; With Recollections of The Author's Life, and of His Visit to Italy, Leigh Hunt, 1828, 2 Volume set

A very smart 2 volume set of professionally rebacked full leather volumes containing fine condition text.

Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries; With Recollections of The Author's Life, and of His Visit to Italy, by Leigh Hunt. In Two volumes, complete.

Published by Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street, London, 1828. Second edition.

A near fine set bound in full leather. The contemporary tan morocco covers have been rebacked with more recent lighter mustard leather spine, with raised bands and two burgundy morocco labels with gilt. Covers with rubbing to edges. All soundly bound and inner hinges strengthened with cloth. Marbled endpapers and matching marbled edges to text block.

Text is in fine condition throughout and presents beautifully. The first volume has a neat scripted presentation inscription to a blank endpaper to Robert J Balfour, from Douglas and Edward Hope, on his leaving Eton in 1863. Volume I has a portrait frontispiece of Byron and Volume II with a portrait frontispiece of Leigh Hunt. Light offsetting opposite image.

Text is lovely and clean throughout. All Plates and the fold-out facsimile handwriting samples are all present as called for. A handsome set.

Text in English.

xxxix + (1pp) + Fold-out + 450pp + 3 portraits (incl. frontispiece); 

Prelims + 449pp + 1pp + 2 portraits (incl. frontispiece). 

Dimensions: Each volume approximately 222mm high x 145mm wide x 32mm deep.

Weight: Approximately 1510g (the set - unpacked).