Title: Moredun
Description: <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">First of 2 volumes in 8vo. ff. [2], pp. liii, [1], 216. Half morocco. Ownership inscription by Charlotte v. d. Wever [?] on half title.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">A Dutch translation of the novel first published in English by E. de Saint-Maurice Cabany (1855) who claimed that he had discovered it in a writing desk belonging to Scott. The translation is by the Rotterdam-based Johannes Baptist Rietstap (1828-1891), who, early on in his career, translated historical and romantic novels, non-fiction works, and travelogues, after which he shifted his focus to heraldry of Dutch and European families.</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_4102917" rel="ugc nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>