Original manuscript of Byron’s story 'Mazeppa' in Mary Shelley's hand

(19) Original manuscript of Byron’s story 'Mazeppa' in Mary Shelley's hand, written in Venice in 1818, with corrections in Byron's hand and a frontispiece portrait of him (54 pp); bound with a French introduction to 'Mazeppa' in Mary Shelley's hand also written in Venice in 1818, headed 'Advertisement to Mazeppa' in Byron's hand and annotated by him (3 pp); and an uncut copy of the second issue of the first printed edition of 'Mazeppa: a poem' (London: John Murray, 1819). 1 red custom-made case containing 2 red portfolios and a volume finely bound in bright red morocco gilt-tooled on all outside covers with decorations and with the spine lettering ‘Maz-/ eppa/ Lord/ Byron/ MS.’ On the spine of the case there are gilt-embossed the words ‘Mazeppa/ Lord/ Byron’. From the Library of Lord Brotherton.