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Illustrations of Walter Scott's Lay of the last minstrel : consisting of twelve views on the rivers Bothwick, Ettrick, Yarrow, Tiviot, and Tweed / engraved by J. Heath, R.A. from designs ... by John C. Schetky ... With anecdotes and descriptions.

Accession number
PML 145646.2
Creator
Schetky, John Christian, 1778-1874.
Published
London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Text revised and corrected by Sir Walter Scott.
Wood engraved t.p. vignette and tail-piece.
"The Title and Vignette printed by J. M'Creery The other Part of the Work by J. Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh."--T.p. verso.
The 12 engraved plates have been removed from the library's copy and bound into a copy of Scott's The lay of the last minstrel, here bound into the same volume and directly preceding the library's copy of Schetky's Illustrations of Walter Scott's Lay of the last minstrel (see PML 145646.1).
Description
64 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Classification
Department