OF THE LIFE AND WORKS L O R D B Y R O N . W IT H ORI GI NAL AND S EL ECT E D IN FOR MATION ON TH E SUBJECTS OF THE E NGR AVI NG S W B R O C . K E D O N , M E M BER O F THE ACADE M IES OF FINE ARTS AT FLORENCE AND AT RO M E ; ” A UTHO R o r THE PAS S ES OF THE AL PS & c . ! , VOL . I . L O N D O N A L B E M AR L E T J O HN M URR AY, S R EET SOLD ALSO B Y R S TI T F T STR T . CHA LE L , LEE EE L O N D O N - A LE ar m r m LEIC E ER UA R E . m oyx s C J , ST , ST S! A DV E R T I S E M E N T. IT has been thou ht desir ab e in m ak n u g l , i g p the fir st Eight Num ber s of these Lan dsc ap e an d Por tr ait Illustr ation s of LORD B YRON in to a Vo um e to ar r an e them in a m an n er ess de l , g l sultor ythan was th e unavoidable or der of the ir ub ication an d to accom an the P ate s with p l , p y l n ts of th e sub e t of the En r avin s fr om acc ou j c s g g , m i en ce n fr m or i n a ur e author s of e n a d o gi l so c s. The Fir st Volum e is thus pr esented to the Public in a c om plete for m ; an d th e succe edi n g Eight Num ber s of the Wor k wi u on their ublica ll, p p tion b e ada ted in the sam e wa an d for m an , p y, elegan t accession to the drawi ng- r oom table an d to the librar y of illustrated wor ks. V I L L E N E U V E . ' T ITLE- VIGNEITE. r a wn b . S ta n eld A. R . A. D yC fi , THE approach to the lake of Geneva from Italy , on the side of the canton of the Pays de Vaud , is one of i striking beauty , which seldom fa ls to arrest the atten The b tion of the traveller . lofty mountains that ound the northern shores of this extremity of the lake sprin g ’ almost abruptly from the water s edge ; the castle of Chillon appears in the extreme distance . Yet it was the amidst these scenes , on the shores of lake of Geneva , that Lord Byron , as he writes in his j ournal , Septem 1 8 1 81 6 " ber , , met an English party in a carriage ; a lady in it fast asleep —fast asleep in the most anti narcotic place in the world —excellent !” LI ST OF PLATE S . Dr a wn by m a Skate) U TI E I E T E A IE . A . R . A VILLENE VE ( TL V GN T ) C ST NF LD , . W T J . R A . TU R NER . GIBRAL AR M , E R . G r. A I L A A REV J D LACHIN Y GAIR C ST NF D , . A F B L CHIN Y GAIR . G . RO SON . T F E RI I A I IA . N MISS CHAWOR H . STON (O G L M N T E I B . A IE A E . A . BELEM CAS L , L S ON C ST NF LD , . M FonT M S E . R L A A A I L A n A . A E LISBON , F O A D C . T NF D , . W P G T E R . A I A A A P . L I CIN RA C ST NF LD , . C T E L OT AF D . B ER A EER . M RA RO TS . C . L NDS A D F SAR A OZA F E M I O G . STON . - D Z Ll EUT . OL B A CA I C . TT Y . R . E R A I IA A A . A CAGLIARI , S D N W W ST LL , . T . UR ER E NA W P S . TA M W A . TURNEE R . 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