The Works of Lord Byron: Poetry, edited by E. H. Coleridge. v.1-7. ̲[̲v.8-13] Letters and journals, edited by R. E. Prothero. v.1-6

Published by John Murray in London between 1898 and 1904, this thirteen-volume set represents the definitive scholarly edition of Lord Byron’s literary output at the turn of the twentieth century. The project was conceived by the Murray publishing house to consolidate Byron's poetry and correspondence into a comprehensive collection, drawing heavily from the extensive archive of family papers and original manuscripts held by the publisher, who had been Byron’s own firm throughout his life.

The editorial work was divided between Ernest Hartley Coleridge, who handled the seven volumes of poetry, and Rowland Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle, who edited the six volumes of letters and journals. Their approach was characterized by rigorous attention to textual accuracy and biographical context, aiming to provide a complete portrait of the poet that moved beyond the sanitized versions published in the Victorian era. The set remains a foundational resource for Byron scholars due to the depth of its annotations and the unprecedented access the editors had to primary source material.