The proofs here probably relate to ‘Works of Lord Byron: Poetry, Vol I’ edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge and published by John Murray.

There is an annotation on folio 1 reading ‘Lord Lovelace’s Proofs’ and date stamps for 1897. There are annotations throughout.

Each folio has two columns containing text, each of which are numbered. There are some gaps of columns 9-48 columns 102-129. The columns numbered 102-129 can be found at Ms.43400 ff.1-14.

Columns 1-8 from ‘On leaving Newstead Abbey’ to ‘To Caroline’ stanza 1: folios 1-4;

Columns 49-101 from ‘Oscar of Alva’ stanza 39 to ‘Stanzas to a lady on leaving England’: folios 5-31;

Columns 130-161 from ‘Case of Minerva’ to ‘English Bards and Scotch Reviewers’: folios 32-47.