The volume here contains proofs, 1819, for Cantos I and II of ‘Don Juan’ as follows:

Notes relating to the proofs: folios 1-2;

Proofs of the supressed Dedication stanzas I-XII: folios 3-6;

Proofs of Canto I, stanzas numbered I-CCXVII with notes, additions and corrections by Lord Byron and John Cam Hobhouse: folios 7-43;

Proofs of Canto I, stanzas numbered LIV-LXXI with annotations: folios 44-46;

Proofs of Canto I, stanzas numbered CCXIII-CCXX, with corrections: folio 47;

Proofs of Canto I, of the suppressed Dedication stanzas numbered XI-XV, all deleted: folio 48;

Proofs of ‘Notes to Canto I’ of notes numbered 1-9, with deletions, annotations and additions by Lord Byron and John Cam Hobhouse: folio 49;

Proof of a Supplementary note in answer to William Hazlitt relating to Byron and Napoleon Buonaparte: folio 50;

Proofs of Canto II, stanzas numbered I-CLXI, with annotations and notes including some of Lord Byron: folios 51-77;

Proofs of Canto II, stanzas numbered CLXXX-CCXVI with some annotations: folios 78-84;

Exhibition label, undated, relating to the volume, undated: folio v.