![[SCOTT, Sir Walter, editor (1771-1832)]. English Minstrelsy. Being a Selection of Fugitive Poetry from the Best English Authors; with some original Pieces hitherto unpublished. Edinburgh: James Ballantyne for John Ballantyne and Co., 1810. 2 volumes, small 8o (159 x 95 mm). Half titles (some light staining and spotting). Contemporary red morocco, covers decoratively gilt, edges gilt concealing fore-edge paintings of PASTORAL RIVER SCENES, probably contemporary, by Taylor and Hessey (joints split, covers soiled, extremities worn). Provenance: The Right Honorable Lord Gray (bookplate). -- WHITE, Henry Kirke. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White. London: Charles Whittingham for William Pickering, 1853. 12o (162 x 99 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved anchor vignette on title page, numerous head-pieces (some light spotting on frontispiece). Contemporary dark green morocco gilt, covers with wide tan and red onlaid morocco borders and centerpie](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/NYR/2010_NYR_02361_0252_000(scott_sir_walter_editor_english_minstrelsy_being_a_selection_of_fugiti045255).jpg?w=1)
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[SCOTT, Sir Walter, editor (1771-1832)]. English Minstrelsy. Being a Selection of Fugitive Poetry from the Best English Authors; with some original Pieces hitherto unpublished. Edinburgh: James Ballantyne for John Ballantyne and Co., 1810. 2 volumes, small 8o (159 x 95 mm). Half titles (some light staining and spotting). Contemporary red morocco, covers decoratively gilt, edges gilt concealing fore-edge paintings of PASTORAL RIVER SCENES, probably contemporary, by Taylor and Hessey (joints split, covers soiled, extremities worn). Provenance: The Right Honorable Lord Gray (bookplate). -- WHITE, Henry Kirke. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White. London: Charles Whittingham for William Pickering, 1853. 12o (162 x 99 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved anchor vignette on title page, numerous head-pieces (some light spotting on frontispiece). Contemporary dark green morocco gilt, covers with wide tan and red onlaid morocco borders and centerpieces, watered silk end-pages, edges gilt concealing a fore-edge painting of NOTTINGHAM CASTLE (joints lightly scuffed). Provenance: Bessie Carey (presentation inscription in pencil dated October 31st 1868); Edward Laurence Doheny (bookplate). Weber I, p.176.
Provenance for the lot: Estelle Doheny (bookplates; her sale Christie's Camarillo California, 2 February 1988, lot 654). (3)
Provenance for the lot: Estelle Doheny (bookplates; her sale Christie's Camarillo California, 2 February 1988, lot 654). (3)