By William Ballingall; Allan Ramsay; John Ruskin; Robert Burns; William Wordsworth et al.
Edinburgh   Edmonston and Douglas
10.5" by 7.5" 88pp.
A beautifully illustrated collection of stories and poems on Scotland from celebrated authors such as Wordsworth, Burns and Ruskin.
By William Ballingall; Allan Ramsay; John Ruskin; Robert Burns; William Wordsworth et al.

1874 Scenes of Scottish Story

Edinburgh   Edmonston and Douglas
10.5" by 7.5" 88pp.
A beautifully illustrated collection of stories and poems on Scotland from celebrated authors such as Wordsworth, Burns and Ruskin.
£65.00
: 0.75kgs / : 936Z26

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Description

Early Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

The second edition. First published in 1873. 

Beautifully illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, engraved borders, letterpress vignettes and fourteen engraved plates. Collated, complete. Drawn by artists such as Waller H. Paton, Sam Burgh and others, and engraved by William Ballingall. 

This charming volume features a collection of stories and poems celebrating Scotland, compiled and engraved by William Ballingall, with contributions from noted authors such as Burns, Wordsworth, Ruskin and much more. 

In the publisher's original cloth with gilt illustrations and decorations to the front board.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth. Externally worn with closed tears and slight loss to the head and tail of the spine, cockling to the rear and extremities of the front board, bumping to the extremities, and fading to the spine and extremities. Tidemarks to endpapers. Front hinge weak and rear starting. Internally binding strained and weak to pp. 57-66, nearly disbound. Pages lightly age toned and generally clean with only the odd spot and light tidemarks.

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