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SCOTT, Walter (1771-1832). The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland. London: Longman, etc., 1814 [but 1823].
Finely bound set of Walter Scott's work on the romanticised views of the historic buildings, ruins and monuments in the Scottish borders. Todd & Bowden 73Ab (without clear plate count or collation); RIBA 2949 (for first edition with extensive note).
2 volumes, quarto (286 x 225mm). Second printing with paper watermarked 1821. 2 additional engraved titles, 2 frontispieces and 90 engraved plates (of ?95 plates, but this number is not clarified in the standard bibliographies, marginal chip to F3 in vol. I, dampstaining to frontispiece and engraved title of vol. II extending lightly throughout the rest of the volume). Contemporary red morocco gilt, panelled covers with gilt borders, gilt spines, turn-ins and edges (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Ernest R.O. Bridgeman (presentation inscription in vol. I dated 6 Nov 1935, to his cousin Alice) – Gloucester (bookplates).
Finely bound set of Walter Scott's work on the romanticised views of the historic buildings, ruins and monuments in the Scottish borders. Todd & Bowden 73Ab (without clear plate count or collation); RIBA 2949 (for first edition with extensive note).
2 volumes, quarto (286 x 225mm). Second printing with paper watermarked 1821. 2 additional engraved titles, 2 frontispieces and 90 engraved plates (of ?95 plates, but this number is not clarified in the standard bibliographies, marginal chip to F3 in vol. I, dampstaining to frontispiece and engraved title of vol. II extending lightly throughout the rest of the volume). Contemporary red morocco gilt, panelled covers with gilt borders, gilt spines, turn-ins and edges (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Ernest R.O. Bridgeman (presentation inscription in vol. I dated 6 Nov 1935, to his cousin Alice) – Gloucester (bookplates).
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