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[Byron's Works in One Volume: Siege of Corinth & Parisina; Prisoner Of Chillon; Hebrew Melodies; Darkness, Churchill¿s Grave,
Published by John Murray 1815-1817, London, 1815
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Leather. Condition: Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrated (illustrator). Gilt lettered and decorated cover and spine. Marbled endpapers. Wonderful association copy. Illustrated (and originally bound) by Elizabeth and Margaret Pigot. Contents Include: Siege of Corinth & Parisina, 1816; Prisoner Of Chillon, 1816; Sonnet Stanzas to ["his sister"]in E.P.¿s hand; Darkness, Churchill¿s Grave, The Dream, The Incantation, Prometheus, Notes To the prisoner Of Chillon Etc. Manfred, 1817; Hebrew Melodies, 1815 and more. This unique book contains illustrations & manuscript poetry: Watercolor of Fransesca, 4" x 5", signed E. Pigot [ Elizabeth Pigot]; Watercolor of Chillon, 8" x 5", 1822, signed E. B. Pigot;18 lines of poetry by E. Pigot, in her hand, and signed "E. B. Pigot", A note stating: Chillon ¿. and signed May ending " May 1823 Margaret Pigot, with a manuscript fragment in French dated 1663; Watercolor of a temple, 4"x 5.5", signed M. Pigot, with the handwritten title. Watercolor, 8" x 5", signed by M.P., titled: "Monch Tigher and Jungfrau"; Watercolor of pastoral scene, 8" x 5", signed by M.P., no title; Watercolor of waterfall and rainbow, 8" x 5", signed by M.P., titled: "I will call her"; 2 small pencil drawings, unsigned; 32 steel plates, several with handwritten titles by E. Pigot; Cartouche of Byron on front endpaper; and MORE. Elizabeth Bridgot Pigot (1783-1866) was a correspondent, friend and biographic source for Lord Byron. Pigot would copy out the poems that Byron sent her. Some of Byron's early encouragement with his poetry came from Pigot. In 1806 and 1807 Elizabeth and her brother helped to expedite the publication of three of Byron's poetic works.
