The Lady Of the Lake

The Lady of the Lake marked the pinnacle of Scott's popularity as a poet. With 25,000 copies sold in eight months, it broke all records for the sale of poetry. Known as a romantic poem, it tells about love and honor amidst a bitter rivalry between King James V and the Douglas family. The book is set in the Trossachs region of Scotland and  it is composed of six cantos, each concern the action of a single day. 

The first edition of The Lady of the Lake was published on 8 May 1810 in Edinburgh by John Ballantyne and Co.,  and in London on 16 May by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller. The price was two guineas (£2 2s or £2.10), and 2000 copies were printed.

Features a contemporary binding of half dark brown calf, gilt-panelled spine, and marbled boards.

John Ballantyne & Co, 1810. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Vellum Georgian Binding, Gilt, Blue Morocco Spine Labels, Finely Gilt Borders And Turns, Marbled Endpapers And Edges.

Adam and Charles Black, 1863, features McDonald tartan covers with gilt stamped leather and raised bands. 

A.W. Bennett, 1865. 2nd Edition with green leather cover over boards, gilt lettering and design on the front, back and spine, and all page edges are gilt. 

Adam and Charles Black, 1871. “Authors Edition” , Illustrated throughout with wood engravings from drawings by Birket Foster and John Gilbert. 12 early photos in sepia tipped in. Handsomely bound in contemporary full green morocco with gilt decorations on the spine and cover with marbled endpapers. 

Published by John Ross and Company in 1874, has 6 original oval albumen photographs mounted within printed and titled frame borders. An early photographically-illustrated book in a Mauchline binding, with images of lochs, castles, and the Scottish landscape.