Scott, Sir Walter.

The Lay of the Last Minstrel, a Poem.

Edinburgh: Constable, 1808. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 349, [i]pp. Ninth edition. With a half-title. Two volumes, uniformly bound in full brown morocco, gilt arms of Vernon on covers, all edges gilt. 12 original wash drawings bound in. The watercolors are very possibly by George Heriot, the Scottish-Canadian artist, whose work spans the later part of the eighteenth and the first third of the nineteenth century. Good.

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Book number: 2249

Catalogue: Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Fine Bindings

Scott, Sir Walter.

Marmion, A Tale of Flodden Field.

Edinburgh: printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh, and William Miller and John Murray, London, 1808. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. [x], 377, [i], cxxviiipp. Fourth edition. With a half-title. The final leaf (q4) is blank. Brown morocco, gilt arms of Vernon on covers, all edges gilt. 6 original watercolor illustrations bound in. The watercolors are very possibly by George Heriot, the Scottish-Canadian artist, whose work spans the later part of the eighteenth and the first third of the nineteenth century. Ruff 64. Good.

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Book number: 2248

Catalogue: Nineteenth Century Books, Illustrated Books, Fine Bindings