1880 Rare Book ~ The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott Illustrated.
Author : Scott, Sir Walter.
Title :The Poetical Works Of Sir Walter Scott including Introduction and Notes. Complete Edition.
Publisher : New York, T. Y. Crowell, no date (circa 1880).
Language : Text in English.
Size : 7.5 "X 5 " .
Pages : iv-659 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 : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, inner hinge slightly worn but still tight, name of a previous owner on first endpaper dated 1881).
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.