The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, bart.
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Category
Books
Date
1833 - 1834
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Greenway, Devon
NT 3169681
Summary
Bibliographic description
12 v. :. ill., music ;. 8vo.,. 17 cm. Provenance: In pencil on verso of fly-leaf of vol. 1 of Waverley novels, uniformally bound and shelved with Poetical works: `48 v. Novels. 12 v. Poetl. Works'. A section has been rubbed out, presumably containing the price. Followed by note: `The Author's Favourite Edition. The last edited by Scott'. Binding: Covered in marbled boards, with brown leather spines and corners. Gold lettering on red and brown labels on spines. Marbled endpapers and edges. Most title-pages cropped, and names of printers only visible on a few volumes.
Makers and roles
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854) Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (London 1775 - Chelsea 1851)