Description
Early edition of The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, edited by William Michael Rossetti.
Octavo, xx, 620pp. Full green morocco, double gilt ruled border and S. Michael’s school emblem in gilt on covers. Title in gilt on spine, five raised bands, elaborate gilt decorations. Marbled edges, matching marbled endpapers. In a prize binding by Bickers & Son in London. Solid text block, faint foxing throughout, part of morocco label missing from spine. Frontispiece portrait and decorative title page at front of volume. A very good example of a renowned poet’s works.
