Scott, Sir Walter [Mauchlin fern-ware] - THE LADY OF THE LAKE Mauchlin Fern-ware

London, T. Nelson and Sons 1869 Fern ware bindings Mauchline-ware brown wooden boards highly glazed. . 12mo in 8's Leather spine with 5 raised bands & gilt decorations & gilt rules. Spine holding the two wooden covers with the fern silhouetes and gilt decoration to reverses of boards. [Two tips damaged/head & foot of spine rubbed & foot chipped] All edges gilt and all pages printed in red concentric ruled frame with black printed text inside. Half title + titlepage + dedication all include black illustrations + [7]-223pp with the last 52pp of consisting of notes to the poem. The poems are is divided into six cantos with a foliated headpiece and all but the last two cantos with small tailpieces. One marginal tear without loss and a gift inscription to the second free endpaper. This and the one at the end have some mild foxing otherwise the paper is clean and crisp.

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