1835 The Lay of the Last Minstrel

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Illustrated, Leather Binding

Illustrated edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, illustrated title, and twelve plates. Collated complete. A narrative poem in six cantos with copious antiquarian notes by Walter Scott. Set in the Scottish Borders in the mid-sixteenth century, the poem is written as if being sung by an aging minstrel seeks hospitality at Newark Castle. Written by Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish novelist, poet and historian whose works remain classics of European and Scottish literature.