The lay of the last minstrel : a poem /
Scott, Walter,1771-1832.
Arnold, William Harris,1854-1923,former owner.StEdNL: AB.1.210.055
Irving, Washington,1783-1859,former owner.StEdNL: AB.1.210.055
Hartstonge, Matthew Weld,1772 or 1773-former owner,StEdNL: Bdg.s.712
Scott, Walter,1771-1832,former owner,StEdNL: Bdg.s.712.
Philadelphia : Published by Edward Earle. Fry and Kammerer printers,
1810.
Armorial bookplate on the front pastedown of "William Harris Arnold". Arnold was an American bookdealer, collector and bibliographer. Manuscript signature of "Washington Irving" on the recto of the title page. Irving visited the home of Walter Scott in 1817. They maintained a lifelong personal and professional friendship.
Manuscript inscription on the flyleaf facing the title page "Given me, By Walter Scott Esqr. at Abbotsford. Melrose. August 1813. M. W. H." i.e. Matthew Weld Hartstonge.
Bound in calf tooled in gold with the stamp on the covers in gold
Pennsylvania Philadelphia.