The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott.
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Category
Books
Date
1857
Materials
Place of origin
New York
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3206441
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii, 740 p., [1] leaf of plates: ill. ; 17cm. Provenance: Inscribed on upper flyleaf: "L.M. Scott 1878" [i.e. Louisa Matilda Scott (1863-1951) m. Philip Yorke II of Erddig in 1902]. Binding: Nineteenth-century gilt and blind panelled calf case-binding; textile in-lay centre piece on upper cover. Gilt lettered direct on spine and upper cover. Brown endpapers and gilt edges. Boards detached. Some red-rot.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) Edward Henry Corbould (London 1815 – London 1905)