Description: Don Juan (Canto I - II) [Byron, Lord George Gordon] London Thomas Davison 1820 Leather 8vo 8" - 9" tall [viii], 227 pp. Includes blanks and has what look to be original card covers bound in. Each Canto has a separate TP but pagination is continuous. A small octavo. Modern and very handsome full leather binding with 5 raised bands, red and gilt spine labels, marbled end papers. The top edge of the front card cover is worn and chipped with some foxing, the first few pages around the card covers have some foxing, otherwise the text is clean and nice. Lord Byron wrote his satyrical epic Romantic poem, Don Juan, over the period 1819-1824. This is the second edition of the first two cantos, published shortly after the first. "Lord Byron derived the character of Don Juan from traditional Spanish folk legends, however the story was very much his own. Upon publication in 1819, cantos I and II were widely criticized as immoral because Byron had so freely ridiculed the social subjects and public figures of his time. ..The poetical narrative of Don Juan is told in sixteen thousand lines, arranged in seventeen cantos, written in ottava rima ; each stanza is composed of eight iambic pentameters, with the couplet rhyme scheme of AB AB AB CC. The ottava rima uses the final rhyming couplet as a line of humour, to achieve a rhetorical anticlimax by way of an abrupt transition, from a lofty style of writing to a vulgar style of writing. In the example passage from Don Juan, canto I, stanza 1, lines 3–6, the Spanish name Juan is obviously pronounced JOO-ehn, to fit the rhyme. "Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one; Of such as these I should not care to vaunt, I'll therefore take our ancient friend Don Juan" WE ARE LOCATED IN CANADA but we can ship using USPS International Customers -- we may be able to ship more cheaply than we show - please e-mail us to see what we can offer to your location. US Customers - We ship twice or more a week using the US Postal Service via our courier from Canada to our mailing address in New York and then on to US addresses.We are able to offer competitive rates with this service, but if you require quicker shipping, please inquire. For books over $799 we may ship via CanadaPost from Toronto. Canadian customers -- we may have to charge HST/GST for Canadian purchases (generally 5% for books). However, shipping is generally lower than on ebay's shipping cost calculator. Email me with your province and I'll be happy to calculate HST and shipping. We are happy to combine shipping! For our international customers, import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying. These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up -- do not confuse them with additional shipping charges. We really cannot show merchandise below value or mark items as "gifts" - it can get us into all kinds of trouble with customs. Since Brexit, shipping to the UK may require a VAT invoice. We have been selling books for over 20 years and pack and ship them with care. Thanks for bidding and thanks for being a fellow book lover. See our other listings for more unusual and rare books.
Price: 360 USD
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Author: [Byron, Lord George Gordon]
Book Title: Don Juan (Canto I - II)
Cover: Leather
Language: English
Publisher: Thomas Davison
Publication Year: 1820
Place Published: London
Pages: 227
Format: Leather
Title: Lord Byron Don Juan Canto I & II, 1820 2nd Edition, Full
Edition: 2nd Edition
Book Condition: Good with no dust jacket
Features: [viii], 227 pp. Includes blanks and has what look to be, original card covers bound in. Each Canto has a separate TP but, pagination is continuous. A small octavo. Modern and very, handsome full leather binding with 5 raised bands, red and gilt, spine labels, marbled end papers. The top edge of the front, card cover is worn and chipped with some foxing, the first few, pages around the card covers have some foxing, otherwise the, text is clean and nice. Lord Byron wrote his satyrical epic, Romantic poem, Don Juan, over the period 1819-1824. This is the, second edition of the first two cantos, published shortly after, the first. "Lord Byron derived the character of Don Juan from, traditional Spanish folk legends, however the story was very, much his own. Upon publication in 1819, cantos I and II were, widely criticized as immoral because Byron had so freely, ridiculed the social subjects and public figures of his time., ..The poetical narrative of Don Juan is told in sixteen, thousand lines, arranged in seventeen cantos, written in ottava, rima ; each stanza is composed of eight iambic pentameters,, with the couplet rhyme scheme of AB AB AB CC. The ottava rima, uses the final rhyming couplet as a line of humour, to achieve, a rhetorical anticlimax by way of an abrupt transition, from a, lofty style of writing to a vulgar style of writing. In the, example passage from Don Juan, canto I, stanza 1, lines 3–6,, the Spanish name Juan is obviously pronounced JOO-ehn, to fit, the rhyme. "Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age, discovers he is not the true one; Of such as these I should not, care to vaunt, I'll therefore take our ancient friend Don Juan"
Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: London
Year Printed: 1820
