Marino Faliero: Doge Of Venice - An Historical Tragedy, In Five Acts, With Notes / The Prophecy Of Dante: A Poem

London, England: John Murray. Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1821. First Edition: Second Printing. Hard Cover. 261 pages: 6.5 x 10 in.: 2.2: KB#010199: Book is protected in a matching - labeled clamshell box. Box has some edge wear at top and bottom of "spine". Book boards are dark brown cloth with worn edges and corners; no title printing is still visible. Half title, endpapers and title page are all present, no evidence of past writing or bookplates is found on pages, but there is some light foxing on some throughout. Book contains a Preface (pp. ix to xxi), followed by untrimmed pages of content, and a VII-part Appendix (pp. 173-208), plus a page of publisher's announcements at the back, listing the titles of Byron. The signature letter "b" is displayed at the foot of the page (vii). Page 101 is misnumbered as 110. Copy is identified as First Edition, Second Issue (published the same year as the First Issue), with the Doge's longer speech on p. 151, extended by 7 lines to 12 1/2 lines long total. Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Plot Synopsis: "The play is set in Venice in 1355. Marino Faliero, recently elected Doge of Venice, offends one of the chief officers of state, Michel Steno. Steno retaliates by writing on the Doge's throne an indecent libel on Faliero's wife. For this he is tried by the Council of Forty and convicted, but is only sentenced to a month's imprisonment. Faliero is so outraged by this, as he believes, inadequate punishment that he secretly joins in the conspiracy of a group of malcontents to overthrow the constitution of Venice, thinking thereby to gain revenge on his enemies. The plot is discovered and Faliero is executed." .