[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. SCOTT, Sir WALTER. Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field. Edinburgh: J. Ballantyne for Archibald Constable [et al.] 1808. 8vo, binding: 217 x 144 x 34mm. (8 9/16 x 5 11/16 x 1 3/8in.), contemporary red straight-grained morocco, covers with gilt and blind roll-tooled borders, spine in six gilt compartments, g.e. with a fore-edge painting of NORHAM CASTLE, joints rubbed in places. Second edition.

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[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. SCOTT, Sir WALTER. Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field. Edinburgh: J. Ballantyne for Archibald Constable [et al.] 1808. 8vo, binding: 217 x 144 x 34mm. (8 9/16 x 5 11/16 x 1 3/8in.), contemporary red straight-grained morocco, covers with gilt and blind roll-tooled borders, spine in six gilt compartments, g.e. with a fore-edge painting of NORHAM CASTLE, joints rubbed in places. Second edition.

Provenance: J.H. Burton, Melbury Rectory, inscription on front free endpaper; Charles John Bird, armorial bookplate; Estate of August Maxwell.