Byronmania, ?Association Copy, The ?Napier-St Clair Copy, Th...

Hammer

£20

Byronmania, ?Association Copy, The ?Napier-St Clair Copy, The Works of Lord Byron, four harlequin volumes, mixed editions, London: John Murray, 1821-1823, some dormant worm trails, contemporary calf gilt (worn, losses, disbound/loose (various states thereof)), marbled edges and endpapers, 8vo, [4]

Provenance: 1) ?General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB (1782–1853), a friend and contemporary of Lord Byron's during The Greek War of Independence, 1821, where Napier served as the Governor of Kefalonia, The Ionian Islands, and then served on a diplomatic mission to mainland Greece; "Chas Napier/HMS Volage", ink MS ownership inscription to pastedown of volume I, and a pencil MS note in St Clair's hand, on All Souls writing-paper (initially dated Dec 92, then Aug 2008), "Keep [...] Probably Byron's friend Colonel Charles Napier [...]"; 2) William St Clair FBA, FRSL (1937-2021), the distinguished Hellenophile and scholar; the aforementioned manuscript note in his hand.