The lady of the lake; : a poem. / By Walter Scott, Esq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.

Contributor:

Turner, Evan H., Donor.

Turner, Albert Morton., Former owner.

John Ballantyne and Co., Publisher.

Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme., Publisher.

Miller, William, 1769-1844., Publisher.

James Ballantyne and Co., Printer.

Frank R. Brown (Firm), Bookseller, Former owner.

Saxon, James., Artist.

Heath, James, 1757-1834., Engraver.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lady of the Lake (Legendary character)--Poetry.

Genre:

Poems -- 1810.

Physical Description:

[10], 290, cxxix, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh: : Printed for John Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, London; by James Ballantyne and Co., Edinburgh., 1810.

Notes:

With half-title.

First edition, first impression; page 86, line 11, of text reads "but e'er". Cf. Todd and Bowden.

Engraved frontispiece portrait of Scott and his dog Camp engraved by Heath after Saxon.

"Notes to canto first[-sixth]" is on cxxix at end and include translations of Danish ballads by Robert Jamieson.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of: Evan H. Turner (2006) from the collection of Professor Albert Morton Turner (1890-1976).

Athenaeum copy with invoice dated Oct. 6th, 1941 from bookseller Frank R. Brown (Histon, Cambridge, England) laid in at front; also with admission ticket to Abbbotsford House; bound in full leather over boards with blind tooling on borders; all edges marbled.

Cited in:

Todd & Bowden. Sir Walter Scott, A47Aa

CBEL (1999) IV, 1001