12mo. [4], 212pp. With a half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece. Modern tan cloth-backed brown paper boards, original publisher's printed covers pasted over, lettered in gilt to spine. Original publisher's covers marked, chipped, and discoloured. Manuscript dates to title page, scattered spotting.

A selection of 'beauties' taken from the works of Byron by Alfred Howard. The literary concept of 'beauties', popular in the eighteenth century, emphasised the power of isolated passages to stir emotion in the reader with their technical ornaments. In this case, Howard pulls passages from Byron's long poems, drama, sonnets, and short verse which he deems reflective of the poet's most affecting work.