Lot 199
Scott, Sir Walter
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806. Third edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary tree calf with gilt Greek-key border, some slight darkening and foxing, spines and corners a little bumped, joints slightly weak; [Idem] Poetical works. Edinburgh: A. Constable and Co., 1822. 12mo, 8 volumes, portrait, contemporary purple morocco gilt, g.e., some foxing and darkening to title pages, portrait and blanks, spines and covers slightly rubbed and faded; Percy, Thomas Reliques of ancient English poetry. Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1858. 8vo, 3 volumes, 19th century binding with embossed Gothic Revival patterning, inscription to first blank in volume 1, binding and initial pages slightly spotted, binding a little rubbed in places; Motley, John Lothrop The rise of the Dutch Republic... London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d. [ca.1860?] 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary calf with gilt tooled spines and embossed gilt coat of arms to upper covers, bookplates and small stamps from previous owners, spines and covers a little rubbed and soiled with joints beginning to split slightly, endpapers and titles a little foxed; [Idem] History of the United Netherlands. London: John Murray, 1875. 8vo, 4 volumes, 4 portraits, folding map, contemporary blue calf, gilt tooled spines, spines a little faded, small central tear to map; Colletta, General Pietro History of the Kingdom of Naples, 1734-1825... Edinburgh: T. Constable and Co., 1858. 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary blue calf, gilt tooled spine, some rubbing and fading to spines and boards, endpapers slightly foxed, gift inscription in first volume; and 3 others (26)