Mazeppa. A Poem.
"I was shocked with the sudden certainty which could not be mistaken - his countenance in a few minutes became nearly black": Rare first edition, first issue of Lord Byron's Mazeppa
Mazeppa. A Poem.
BYRON, Lord George Gordon.
$1,400.00
Item Number: 120608
London: John Murray, 1819.
First edition, first issue, of Byron’s heroic poem with imprint on p. 70, leaf of advertisements and the 8 page catalogue dated July, 1819. Half title present. Octavo, original wrappers.
Byron's Mazeppa is based on a popular legend about the early life of Ivan Mazepa (1639–1709), who later became Hetman of Ukraine. The poem was immediately translated into French, where it inspired a series of works in various art forms. The poem was bound with a short "Fragment of a Novel", one of the earliest vampire stories in English, and the poem "Ode".
