The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott / Sir Walter Scott
2015.7.116
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
1880sEastlake
7-1/2 in
5 in
Walter Scott
Red Line Edition
London
England
circa 1880
Ballantyne, Hanson and Company
Edinburgh
ScotlandUnited Kingdom
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles
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.
No publication date. Gift inscription dated 1882
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