Accession number
PML 145644
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Published
Edinburgh : Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh; and William Miller, and John Murray, London, 1808.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Half-title: Marmion. A romance. In six cantos.
First edition, first impression. Cf. Ruff and Todd & Bowden.
There are two states of this impression known to exist. The first state has leaf c1 as a cancel. The second state has leaves B1, X3 and c1 as cancels. Cf. Ruff and Todd & Bowden.
Library's copy is the second state, with all cancels and corrections as described for B1, X3 and c1 in Ruff and in Todd and Bowden.
Page [10] at front and p. [378] blank.
First edition, first impression. Cf. Ruff and Todd & Bowden.
There are two states of this impression known to exist. The first state has leaf c1 as a cancel. The second state has leaves B1, X3 and c1 as cancels. Cf. Ruff and Todd & Bowden.
Library's copy is the second state, with all cancels and corrections as described for B1, X3 and c1 in Ruff and in Todd and Bowden.
Page [10] at front and p. [378] blank.
Description
[10], 377, [1], cxxvi p. ; 29 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription in ink on verso of front flyleaf, "Given to Lord Northampton by Lord Compton & Lady F.E. Compton".
Provenance
Bookplate of former owner with initials "NOR" (?); Marquis of Northampton; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Red morocco tooled in gilt; bound as a set with a collection of additional works of Scott similarly extra-illustrated by members of the Compton family (see PML 145644-48).
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