Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. ...
John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854)
Category
Books
Date
1839
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3032847
Summary
Bibliographic description
10 v., plates: ill., ports. ; 8vo. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front free endpaper in all vols.: "William Dack Daniel: M.A. / Caius Coll: / Camb:". Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper in vols. 1, 4, 8-10: "R.W. Ketton-Cremer / Felbrigg"; manuscript inscription on front free endpaper in vol. 2: "R.W. Ketton-Cremer"; manuscript inscription on front free endpaper in vols. 5 and 7: "Wyndham Ketton-Cremer / Felbrigg" [i.e. all Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)]. Binding: nineteenth-century full publisher's cloth; blind embossed boards: centrepieces (upper board: Scott, lower board: Abbotsford House), surrounded by leafy sprays; blind embossed decoration on spines (leafy sprays); spine titles lettered direct in gilt: 'Life of Scott'.
Makers and roles
John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854), author