1860 Rare Book ~ The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. Lady of the Lake. Illustrated.
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Author: Scott, Sir Walter.
Title: The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Including the Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, the Lady of the Lake, the Vision of Don Roderick, Rokeby, the Lord of the Isles, Lyrical Pieces, Miscellaneous Poems and Ballads. With a Memoir of the Author. Illustrated by engravings.
Publisher: Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1860.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7" X 4.5 " .
Pages: 746 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good Victorian blind decorated full leather binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges are gilt and goffered.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, foxing and staining - as shown, name of previous 1861 owner on second blank page - as shown).
Illustrations: Including a nice frontispiece portrait, an illustrated title page, a facsimile poem, in-text and full-page illustrations
The book: Very attractive illustrated edition of Walter Scott's Poems in a beautiful contemporary full leather binding..
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.