The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Including . . . With a memoir of the author. Illustrated by engravings.
by [Fore-Edge Painting] SCOTT, Sir Walter (1771-1832)
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About This Item
Edinburgh:: Adam and Charles Black, 1857., 1857. Small 8vo. 746, [1] pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author (with his favorite wolfhound "Maida"), by John Horsburgh after the painting by Sir John Watson Gordon (Scottish painter, 1788-1864), engraved half-title by W. Allan & T. Dobbie, engraved plates. Original full red morocco, tooled in gilt, gilt spine, a.e.g. Ownership inscription of Ellen Davis Browell, October 1859. Fine. With a beautiful fore-edge painting by Martin Frost of "Abbotsford" and an oval inset portrait of Sir Walter Scott, signed by Frost with his initials on the outer left margin. Abbotsford was the home of Sir Walter Scott. Painted by Martin Frost in 1986. See: Weber, Jeff, Annotated Dictionary, pp. 151-3 [Frost fl. 1973-2018+).
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- Bookseller
- Jeff Weber Rare Books (CH)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FF153
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Including . . . With a memoir of the author. Illustrated by engravings.
- Author
- [Fore-Edge Painting] SCOTT, Sir Walter (1771-1832)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black, 1857.
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh:
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- Fore-Edge Painting
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