The lady of the lake :. a poem /. by Sir Walter Scott.
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Category
Books
Date
1839
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3260099
Summary
Bibliographic description
Illustrated edition.. [8], 311,[1]p., [11] leaves of plates :. ill. ;. 8vo. (16cm) Acquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Wynter Thomas Blathwayt, featuring eagle and motto 'virtute et veritate' [= Rev. Wynter Thomas Blathwayt (1824-1909)]; inscription in brown ink on front flyleaf: 'Frances Elizabeth Philips 13th May 1841, from her Mamma on her birthday of 11' [= Frances Elizabeth Philips (1830-1869), first wife of Rev. Wynter Thomas Blathwayt] Binding: nineteenth-century tan leather over boards; blind and gold tooled details to upper and lower covers; gold tooling to board edges, turn-ins and spine; gilt edges; comb marbled endpapers; black leather spine label with 'Lady of the Lake' lettered in gold; 'London' lettered in gold at tail of spine.
Makers and roles
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)