Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland. . Historical, traditionary, & imaginative. With a glossary. Revised by Alexander Leighton, one of the original editors and contributors.
Alexander Leighton (1800-1874)
Category
Books
Date
1885
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3140122
Summary
Bibliographic description
24v. in 12 . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Meade collection.. Provenance: Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade, 1999, and formerly in the library of Thurland Castle, Lancashire. Vol. I has label attached to front pastedown with ms annotation: "R. Meade 1964. Col Claud Macfies sale 12 vols Đ6.". Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf; spine gilt tooled; black spine label, gilt lettered; five false raised bands; marbled paper over boards; marbled endpapers; all page edges gilt.
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade in 1999, and formerly in the library of Sidney Meade (1839-1917), Canon of Salisbury Cathedral, of Thurland Castle, Lancashire.
Makers and roles
Alexander Leighton (1800-1874)