Minstrelsy of the Scottish border : consisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the southern counties of Scotland; with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition.
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Category
Books
Date
1839
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3248374
Summary
Bibliographic description
lxxxiii, 559 p., [1] leaf of plates : front. (port.) ; 23cm (8vo). Provenance: inscribed "To Catherine Maria Stanley from an affectionate friend C.N. Wodehouse [?] Jan 1, 1843." Also inscribed "Stamford, Weybridge" [i.e. William Grey, 9th Earl of Stamford (1850-1910)]. Binding: nineteenth-century calf, gilt & blind tooled; five false bands; gilt tooled spine & board edges, blind turn-ins; gilt lettered red spine label: Scott's Border minstrelsy.
Makers and roles
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)