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The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland;
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. 2 vols., 4to, pp. [ii], cxxvii, [i], 92; [ii], 93-209, [1], xci, [4, see below], xcii-ci, [15] + 2 engraved title-pages and 93 plates containing 95 images. Contemporary straight-grained black morocco, boards bordered with a combination of blind and gilt rolls, spine divided by raised bands, compartments elaborately tooled in gilt, all edges gilt. Some foxing and toning to plates, with a little offsetting. Extremities a little rubbed, with some wear to spine ends. Engraved armorial bookplate of Sir James Buller to front pastedowns. A mixed issue of the first printings of The Border Antiquities, which was noted by Scott himself to be a ‘foolishly conducted publication’ that ‘must be given up’. The bibliography of these volumes is complex: this example is at least partly from the first edition, with watermarks of 1809 and 1815 intermixed with 1821 and 1822. Towards the end of the appendix, an extra bifolium has been bound in, containing a duplicate of the final leaf of the appendix and a variant half-title. Listings claiming 96 total plates are based on the plate list, which has 96 entries, including four smaller illustrations that appear in pairs across two plates. There is also one plate unaccounted for in the list, but usually found. Todd & Bowden 73Aa.
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- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4315
- Title
- The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland;
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1814
- Keywords
- History Scottish Antiquarianism
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Edinburgh, Midlothian
About McNaughtan's Bookshop
Established in 1957, McNaughtan's Bookshop is the oldest surviving secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland. Located in the basement of a listed 1820s tenement building at the top of Edinburgh's Leith Walk, we are the only open shop in Edinburgh holding membership of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association. We stock rare, antiquarian, and collectable books on all subjects, along with a substantial range of secondhand books for browsing. Our gallery space currently hosts Typewronger Books, offering new books and secondhand typewriters.
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