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Astarte : a fragment of truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron / recorded by his grandson Ralph Milbanke, Earl of Lovelace.

Accession number
PML 130204
Creator
Lovelace, Ralph Milbanke, Earl of, 1839-1906.
Published
London : Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1905.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
1st ed., with fragments of Byron's "Magdalen" and "Harmodia" published for the first time (facsimiles 1 and 3).
The 18 leaves of facsimiles contain 8 texts by Byron.
"... Charles Whittingham and Co. ..."--Colophon.
Portraits in photogravure are by Emery Walker after paintings by J. Holmes, G. Hayter, and J. Hoppner.
Chapters 4 and 5 contain correspondence of Augusta Leigh and Lady Byron.
A blank leaf [XX2] precedes the facsimiles.
Laid in the library's copy is a clipping about the author and book dated Jan. 4, 1906, from the Observer.
Description
xxviii, 337, [3] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill., ports., facsims. ; 26 cm.
Provenance
Formerly owned by "C.A. and V. Baldwin" (Pegasus bookplate); Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
1/2 tan cloth, publisher's blue boards, paper spine label; in a 1/2 brown morocco case.
Classification
Department