The Lady of the Lake

by Walter Scott

$600 · Offered by Churchill Book Collector

First edition

Edinburgh: John Ballantyne, 1810. First edition. Leather. This is the first edition of Sir Walter Scott's monumental narrative poem, a romantic tale of chivalry and the struggle between clan and crown. This first edition, first impression was published on 8 May 1810 in Edinburgh. This copy is bound in quarter brown leather with marble-pattern, paper-covered boards. The binding features raised bands framed by double blind

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