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TWO VOLUMES BOUND TOGETHER. RARE early German translation of Lord Byron`s third and fourth cantos of "Don Juan" and the poems "Beppo" and "Parga" (the latter two poems translated by the poet and eminent translator Karl Julius Körner (1793-1873) and Friedrich August Gottlob Schumann (1773-1826) - a German bookseller and publisher, the father of the composer Robert Schumann). Both volumes contain frontispiece (Lambro & Laura) facing title page. 105x80mm. 159+158 pages. Brown marbled Hardcover with gilt spine. Cover and spine worn and rubbed. Cover corners bumped. Spine edges and hinges peeling. Previous owner`s name written in ink title page upper corner. Some pages corner wrinkled/bumped. Pages yellowing, wavy and age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare edition of Byron`s works translated into German and published in the year of Byron`s death is in good overall condition.