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The lady of the lake : a poem / by Walter Scott, esq.

Accession number
PML 7284
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Published
Edinburgh : Printed for John Ballantyne and co., Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, London; by James Ballantyne and co., 1810.
Notes
1st ed.
"Errata," p. cxxix.
Frontispiece: the James Saxon portrait of Scott engraved by James Heath, in 1810 for the First ed.
"Notes," p. i-cxxix bound at end.
Imperfect; three leaves wanting: pages 179-182 of text and cxxvii-viii of the ...
The author's own copy used as a proof for the second (first octavo) edition with alterations and additions in his hand. Note on the half-title: "The alterations in this book are in the handwritting of Mr. Scott. [signed] James Ballantyne."
First impression (p. 86, line 11, last word "e'er").
Description
6 p. l., [3]-290, cxxix p. : front. (port.) ; 29 cm
Provenance
Provenance: the armorial book-plate with the motto "Este semper fidelis." Sold in June 20, 1904 item 429 as the property of Archibald Constable.
Binding
Dark green cloth; in green morocco case.
Classification
Department