notes
inscribed
in a copy of the Fifth Edition, which had
formerly belonged to James Boswell, jun.
formerly belonged to James Boswell, jun.
Byron
65; G, p.
81.
] There is no Imprint on pp.
[1], 83, or on p.
[84].
The
Text numbers 1070 lines.
_Note_ (1). --The Half-title prefixed to the Title-page of the Fourth
Edition of 1811, which precedes the Museum copy of the Fifth Edition,
bears the MS. signature, "R. C. Dallas," and a blank leaf the following
note: "This is one of the very few copies preserved of the suppressed
edition, which would have been the Fifth. No Title-page was printed--the
one prefixed was taken from the preceding edition. "
_Note_ (2)--Mr. S. Leicester Warren (Lord de Tabley) records the
following MS.
notes inscribed in a copy of the Fifth Edition, which had
formerly belonged to James Boswell, jun. , and was then in the possession
of Mr. J. R. P. Kirby, of Bloomsbury Street:--
A. A note on the abortive duel between Jeffrey and Moore is dated
November 4, 1811.
B. A note on the fly-leaf in the handwriting of James Boswell, jun. --
"This copy purports on the title-page to be the fourth edition, but is
in truth the fifth. Having pointed out to Murray, the bookseller, a
variation between the copy of the fifth edition and this, he borrowed it
from me, that he might show it to Lord Byron to have the circumstance
explained; that his lordship told him he had printed the fifth edition,
but, before its publication, having repented of the work altogether, he
determined to destroy the whole impression. But the printer, as he
observed, must have retained at least this one copy, and, by putting a
false title-page, had sold it as the fourth edition," etc. --_Notes and
Queries_, 1887, Series V. vol. vii. pp.
Text numbers 1070 lines.
_Note_ (1). --The Half-title prefixed to the Title-page of the Fourth
Edition of 1811, which precedes the Museum copy of the Fifth Edition,
bears the MS. signature, "R. C. Dallas," and a blank leaf the following
note: "This is one of the very few copies preserved of the suppressed
edition, which would have been the Fifth. No Title-page was printed--the
one prefixed was taken from the preceding edition. "
_Note_ (2)--Mr. S. Leicester Warren (Lord de Tabley) records the
following MS.
notes inscribed in a copy of the Fifth Edition, which had
formerly belonged to James Boswell, jun. , and was then in the possession
of Mr. J. R. P. Kirby, of Bloomsbury Street:--
A. A note on the abortive duel between Jeffrey and Moore is dated
November 4, 1811.
B. A note on the fly-leaf in the handwriting of James Boswell, jun. --
"This copy purports on the title-page to be the fourth edition, but is
in truth the fifth. Having pointed out to Murray, the bookseller, a
variation between the copy of the fifth edition and this, he borrowed it
from me, that he might show it to Lord Byron to have the circumstance
explained; that his lordship told him he had printed the fifth edition,
but, before its publication, having repented of the work altogether, he
determined to destroy the whole impression. But the printer, as he
observed, must have retained at least this one copy, and, by putting a
false title-page, had sold it as the fourth edition," etc. --_Notes and
Queries_, 1887, Series V. vol. vii. pp.
