The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott / Sir Walter Scott
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.116
Description
Bound for Beauty #13
740 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.
Text in red ruled border.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1880s, Eastlake
Dimensions
Height
7-1/2 in
Width
5 in
Book Details
Author
Walter Scott
Publisher
Routledge & Sons
Place Published
City
London
Country
England
Date Published
circa 1880
Printer
Ballantyne, Hanson and Company
Place Printed
City
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland, United Kingdom
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles
Binding 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 1882
Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
