English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers; A Satire.
Lord Byron's English Bards and Scotch Reviewers; in the original boards
English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers; A Satire.
BYRON, Lord George Gordon.
$350.00
Item Number: 119205
London: James Cawthorn, 1810.
Early edition of Byron’s satiric response to the negative review of his first book, Hours of Idleness, in the Edinburgh Review. Octavo, original boards. In very good condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Byron penned English Bards and Scotch Reviewers in response to a contemptuous review of his first book, Hours of Idleness, in the Edinburgh Review. It soon proved to be his first poetical success and was reprinted by Cawthorn numerous times to meet popular demand.