1860 Rare Book ~ The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott Illustrated by Corbould.
(Description)
Author: Scott, Sir Walter.
Title: The Poetical Works Of Sir Walter Scott with illustrations by Corbould.
Publisher: London, G. Routledge & Co., no date (circa 1860).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8 "X 6 ".
Pages: xii-740 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good Victorian decorated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Good content (bright and tight, foxing and staining on preliminary pages and in the outer margins of the illustrations, school prize plate on first endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Nicely illustrated by Edward Henry Corbould,
The book: Nice mid-19th century illustrated edition of Walter Scott's Poems.
The author: Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Old Mortality, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor.
