Rokeby : a poem. By Sir Walter Scott, Bart.
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Category
Books
Date
1841
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3222358
Summary
Bibliographic description
Illustrated edition.. [8], 303, [1] p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. (16cm). Provenance: Inscribed on second flyleaf "To my dearest mama, given to her on her birthday by her most affectionate & dutiful daughter Frances Anne Vane. Wynyard Park Jany 17th 1842" [i.e. presented to Frances Anne Vane Tempest (1800-1865), m. in 1819 Charles William Stewart (surname changed to Vane in 1821), Baron Stewart and 3rd Marquess of Londonderry from 1822, by her daughter Frances Anne Vane (1822-1899)]. Nineteenth-century badge bookplate, lettered "Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest" [i.e. Lord Herbert Lionel Henry Vane-Tempest (1862-1921), youngest son of George 5th Marquess of Londonderry and Mary Cornelia Edwards]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full grained red calf, gilt rules forming a border, armorial centre-piece on covers, sewn on recessed cords, gilt tooled and lettered on spine. gilt edges. Bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown: "Sold by Hodgson, 9 High Street, Belfast".
Makers and roles
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)