Accession number
PML 43885
Creator
Hall, Basil, 1788-1844.
Published
Edinburgh : Robert Cadell ; London : Whittaker and Co., 1836.
Notes
Capt. Basil Hall's (friend of Sir Walter Scott) account of the conversations with Jane Anne Cranstoun, countess Purgstall, who played a part in Scott's education, Chap. XXI The Countess and Walter Scott.
An account of a visit to Hainfeld Castle, near Gratz, and of the author's hostess, the Countess Purgstall.
Published also under title: Skimmings.
Includes publisher's advertising (4 p.) at end.
First edition.
4 pages at end: Published by Robert Cadell.
An account of a visit to Hainfeld Castle, near Gratz, and of the author's hostess, the Countess Purgstall.
Published also under title: Skimmings.
Includes publisher's advertising (4 p.) at end.
First edition.
4 pages at end: Published by Robert Cadell.
Description
2, 348, 4 pages ; 21 cm
Provenance
Author's presentation copy: "with Captn. B. Hall's kind regards." With the armorial exlibris of Dudley Field.
Binding
Contemporary calf.
Classification
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Department