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BYRON, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824). Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice… The Prophecy of Dante… London: John Murray, 1821. 8vo. Half-title. Publisher’s blue marbled paper over drab boards, printed paper label on spine (label and spine chipped and worn, joints worn, boards edgeworn and soiled, front board nearly detached, some foxing, occasional creasing in text). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the Doge’s speech of five and one-half lines on p. 151. Wise II, p. 29.