The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture... Illustrations of Remarkable Incidents in Border History and Tradition and Original Poetry. [Rare Large Paper Copies Two Volumes]. de Scott, Sir Walter - 1814.

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Paperback / softback. New. The Scottish poet and novelist Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) contributed to this work of non-fiction, originally published in two volumes in 1814-17, which illuminates Border history as revealed through architecture and artefacts. It includes many detailed engravings of castles, churches and other significant historic structures.

London; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814, 1814. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Two volumes (complete). Quarto. Vol I cxxvii, [1], 92 pp; Vol II [4], pp 93- 209, [1], [2] Plate Index, ci Index, [1], [11] General Index, [1]. 94 engraved plates plus 2 engraved title pages by Greig, as called for. Book Condition: Good. Full bottle green polished calf with four raised bands, gilt titles to spine; heavy gilt foliate border to boards surrounding blind border, gilt decoration to compartments; gilt dentelles, aeg. Mottled brown endpapers. Wear to corners and spine tips; Vol I split approx 1/2-an-inch to spine next to lower joint. Scattered foxing, mainly to margins and prelims and frontis & title page Vol I. Small damp-stain to lower corner prelims and up to p 101 Vol II, and worm damage up to p 128 (minor, and very slight from p 93 onwards). Armorial bookplate of George Cunningham to each pastedown. No annotation or inscriptions. Classic account of the history of the Borders told through descriptions… Leer más

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… Leer más

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814-17. First edition. Leather. Good. 11.5" by 9". Not Stated. The first edition of Sir Walter Scott's historical study on the antiquities of the border of England and Scotland, illustrated beautifully throughout, The first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.Scott's fascinating topographical work focusing on the borders of England and Scotland, detailing their extensive antiquities and history. The work perfectly expresses Scott's fascination with Scottish history, a love of his which is reflected further in his influential historical fiction.Volume I illustrated with a vignette title page, and thirty-eight plates.Volume II illustrated with a vignette title page, and forty-five plates.Written by the noted Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, co-authored by Luke Clennell and John Creig.Collated, bound without additional title page to Volume II, and eight plates to Volume I.Stamp to the recto to the front free endpapers, dated 26th April 1912. In… Leer más

Londion: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, J.murry, John Greig, and Constable and Co. 1814 Full-Leather. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. First edition. [1814-17] 2 vols. Small folio, large paper copies albeit plates are not on india paper, complete with 95 plates [93 engraved plates , 2 engraved title pages.] Illustrations done by J. Grieg after paintings by L. Clennell, &c. Bound in contemporary red straight-grained morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt and blind, all edges gilt [extremities worn, joints just beginning to crack, small strip of surface leather wanting from rear cover of Vol I., Rear board Vol. II shows dark stains to leather, sporadic light foxing (mostly marginal and toning to pages oppositre plate image.] In all a very handsome set with wide margins and an attractive binding. Published, as the title states, "together with illustrations of remarkable incidents in border history and tradition, and original poetry," this title represents one of Scott's… Leer más

London; Printed For Longman, Hurst, Rees, And Brown & C., 1814. First Edition. Hardback. Finely and uniformly bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title directly gilt-blocked. Spine compartments attractively tooled in gilt. Scattered foxing around the title page and prelim. pages in vol. 1. Some foxing is also evident around some of the plate margins. There is a damp stain on the engraved title page of vol. 2, which is not evident on any following pages. An exceptional set in this condition - scans on request. ; 0 pages; 94 plates on India paper [steel] engraved by John Grieg (1803-1853) and illustrated by Luke Clennell (1781-1840) . Minor scattered marginal foxing to the plate margins. Text remarkably bright and clean. - [Complete in Two Volumes].