The Complete Works of Lord Byron, Containing Besides the Notes and Illustrations by Moore, Walter Scott Considerable Additions and Original Notes, Wit

Publisher Marketing: Title: The Complete Works of Lord Byron, reprinted from the last London edition, containing besides the notes and illustrations by Moore, Walter Scott [and others] ... considerable additions and original notes, with a most complete index; to which is prefixed a life, by Henry Lytton Bulwer. [With a portrait and facsimiles.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Byron, George Gordon, Byron; Bulwer, William Henry, Lytton Earle 1842 xxxiii. 935 p.; 8 . 11611.h.22. Contributor Bio:  Byron, George Gordon, Lord Byron was a poet, born in London. He spent his first 10 years in poor surroundings, but then inherited his great uncles title and went to Dulwich, Harrow and Cambridge. An early collection of poem, Hours of Idleness was badly reviewed, which he then set on a grand tour, visiting Spain, Greece, and the Aegean. He then published the popular Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, and became the darling of London Society. He gave active help to the Italian insurgents who had risen agaisnt the Turks. He died of a fever at Missolonghi.