Sir Walter Scott; J.M.W. Turner (illustrator): The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. / Vol. VII / Marmion

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Sir Walter Scott; J.M.W. Turner (illustrator) : The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. / Vol. VII / Marmion

Robert Cadell, Edinburgh, c. 1834

Green morocco gilt covers by Josiah Westley, with central Greek urn enclosed by gilt panels, inner panel with blind floral corner-pieces, inner border tooled with Greek key pattern, gilt-ruled outer border, gilt edges and inner dentelles, flat spine with ornate floral gilt-tool design enclosing text. All edges gilt. , A single volume of twelve in very good condition, bound in decorative period binding., 12mo, P. (3), frontis, (2), engraved title, blank, half-title, printer’s imprint, contents, blank, notice, blank, 3-404, (4). , With steel engraved frontispiece and engraved title, depicting Edinburgh and Ashestiel, respectively, and a folding plate with a facsimile of Scott’s manuscript., Volume : Volume 7 of 12

Inscription in free endpaper reads: “2d Caesar Prize presented by Mesrs Mayer & Brackenbury to Charles Bruce Skinner. Wimbledon. June, 1850.” This is sometimes known as the Turner version, named after the illustrator.

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