Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Murray issued a second, octavo edition only weeks later, on 17 April 1812, with six additional poems, and further editions followed within the same year and over the next several years as the poem's fame grew. Only the original 500-copy quarto of March 1812, containing just Cantos I-II, is the true first edition; format and content must both be checked, not merely the "Murray, 1812" imprint.