Name/Title
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott / Sir Walter ScottEntry/Object ID
2015.7.116Description
Bound for Beauty #13
740 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.
Text in red ruled border.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
1880s, EastlakeBook Details
Author
Walter ScottPublisher
Routledge & SonsDate Published
circa 1880Printer
Ballantyne, Hanson and CompanyPlace Printed
City
EdinburghCountry
Scotland, United KingdomBinding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band TitlesBinding Notes
Dark brown beveled cloth with elaborate gilt Victorian decorated binding. "SCOTT" stamped in black and maroon within a gilt decorated diamond beveled inset panel of green cloth with urn and fern motif recessed within center of front cover surrounded by Eastlake designs stamped in black. Spine has large urn and fern in gilt and black with "Scott's Poems Illustrated" in gilt title bands. All edges gilt. Yellow endpapers.Notes
No publication date.
Gift inscription dated 1882Exhibition
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