Waverley novels. ...
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Category
Books
Date
1841 - 1843
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3230787
Summary
Bibliographic description
25 v. : ill., fold. plan, port. ; 18 cm. (8vo.) Imperfect: wanting vol. 2. Provenance: armorial bookplate (Franks 26458) in each vol.: Selwyn impaling Steward[?], with motto 'Semper fidelis' and name 'William Selwyn'. Manuscript inscription on recto of front free endpaper in vol. 1: "William Selwyn in memory of his uncle Charles George Richardson from his uncle William Stevens Richardson". Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper in each vol.: "Charles G. Richardson. ... [sequence of code numbers]". Bookseller's[?] ticket on vol. 1 front pastedown: 'Walters. Publisher, printer & binder. Rugeley'. Binding: vols. 1-13: original purple-brown cloth (faded to brown on spines); vols. 14-25: original brown cloth; all vols. with blind embossed pattern on covers and spines; gilt lettered on spines with series title, vol. number and vol. title (and price '4/.' on vol. 1); yellow endpapers.
Makers and roles
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), author