Description Of The Abbeys Of Melrose And Old Melrose With Their Traditions
by Bower, John
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- Hardcover
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Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
printed for the author by J Orphoot, Blackfriars Wynd, 1822. 2nd edition, Improved. Hardback. Original Paper spined boards, F. [title page]+125pp, folding engraved frontis, some offsetting to the title page, an attractive copy. A history of the Abbey at Melrose, written by the Keeper of The Abbey, who dedicated this work to Sir Walter Scott. Scott had described the Abbey by moonlight in his 'Lay of the Last Minstrel'. Bower was later to state that he had never given the Key of the Abbey to Scott after dark, so the description must have been written from Scotts imagination. Bower also engraved the frontis & sold the books from his house at the Abbey.
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- Bookseller
- Eastleach Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19724
- Title
- Description Of The Abbeys Of Melrose And Old Melrose With Their Traditions
- Author
- Bower, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 2nd edition, Improved
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- printed for the author by J Orphoot, Blackfriars Wynd
- Date Published
- 1822
- Keywords
- melrose, scotland, topography, ecclesiology, history
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