As these POEMS were never intended to meet the public eye, no
apology is necessary for the form in which they now appear.
apology is necessary for the form in which they now appear.
Byron
) "Charles
Whittingham & Co. ," pp. i. , ii. ; Half-title (BYRON'S FUGITIVE PIECES),
pp. iii. , iv. ; Title, one leaf, pp. v. , vi. ; Preface (editorial of
facsimile), pp. vii. -x. + blank leaf + Half-title (FUGITIVE PIECES), one
leaf + Dedication--"To/ Those Friends,/ At/ Whose Request They were
printed,/ For whose/ Amusement or Approbation/ They are/ Solely
Intended;/ These TRIFLES are respectfully Dedicated,/ by the/ Author. "/
(R.
As these POEMS were never intended to meet the public eye, no
apology is necessary for the form in which they now appear. They are
printed merely for the perusal of a few friends to whom they are
dedicated; who will look upon them with indulgence; and as most of them
were composed between the age of 15 and 17, their defects will be
pardoned or forgotten, in the youth and inexperience of the WRITER. ) +
Text, pp. [1]-66; (the Imprint (_Printed by S. and J. Ridge, Newark_. )
is at the foot of p. 66) + p. [67] (emblem-heraldic lion with shield and
monogram, subscribed with the Imprint, _Chiswick Press:--C. Whittingham
and Co. , Tooks Court,/ Chancery Lane. /_).
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Whittingham & Co. ," pp. i. , ii. ; Half-title (BYRON'S FUGITIVE PIECES),
pp. iii. , iv. ; Title, one leaf, pp. v. , vi. ; Preface (editorial of
facsimile), pp. vii. -x. + blank leaf + Half-title (FUGITIVE PIECES), one
leaf + Dedication--"To/ Those Friends,/ At/ Whose Request They were
printed,/ For whose/ Amusement or Approbation/ They are/ Solely
Intended;/ These TRIFLES are respectfully Dedicated,/ by the/ Author. "/
(R.
As these POEMS were never intended to meet the public eye, no
apology is necessary for the form in which they now appear. They are
printed merely for the perusal of a few friends to whom they are
dedicated; who will look upon them with indulgence; and as most of them
were composed between the age of 15 and 17, their defects will be
pardoned or forgotten, in the youth and inexperience of the WRITER. ) +
Text, pp. [1]-66; (the Imprint (_Printed by S. and J. Ridge, Newark_. )
is at the foot of p. 66) + p. [67] (emblem-heraldic lion with shield and
monogram, subscribed with the Imprint, _Chiswick Press:--C. Whittingham
and Co. , Tooks Court,/ Chancery Lane. /_).
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