The poetical works of Walter Scott, Esq. : in twelve volumes. ...
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Category
Books
Date
1820
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3225591
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 1-6 (of 12) :port. ; 18 cm. (12mo). Imperfect: vols. 1-6 in set only. Provenance: inscribed in vol. 1 "This set of 6 vols. is the Christmas gift to dearest Charles from Mummy 1890" [i.e. to Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry (1878-1949) from Theresa, Marchioness of Londonderry , née Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot (1856-1919), m. in 1875 Charles 6th Marquess of Londonderry]. Binding: nineteenth-century maroon grained leather; ornately gold tooled boards, spine, turn-ins; four false bands; directly gold lettered spine: Scott's Works ...
Makers and roles
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), author