Description: Field of WaterlooWalter, SCOTT Publisher: Archibald Constable and Co.Location: Edinburgh, EnglandDate: 1815Binding: Quarto, full-bound paper.Edition: FIRST EDITIONPrinting: 3rd Printing Description:First Edition, First Printing of Walter Scott's The Field of Waterloo; A Poem. Dedicated to "Her Grace the Duchess of Wellington, Princess of Waterloo." Presenting exceptionally well for it's age in a gilt-stamped custom slipcase. A spectacular early example of this celebrated poem. The Field of Waterloo was written and published by Walter Scott in 1815. It is in iambic tetrameters and trimeters with a few Spenserian stanzas at the end. The work moves from a depiction of the site of the battle, with farm life renewing in the autumn, to an account of the conflict, highlighting Napoleon and Wellington, and a roll-call of prominent British casualties. Condition:Binding sound. Original full-bound paper covers very well-preserved for the its age and quite clean with only a few tiny spots. Edges and hinge of backstrip very clean with only the slightest chipping. About one-quarter inch open tear with a bit of loss to foot of same. Internally clean and unmarked with bright pages but for one small and one large personal bookplates to front pastedown. Advertisement for Illustrations neatly tipped to gutter of front pastedown and front endpaper. Custom slipcase with gilt-title to spine. A very special and remarkably well-kept example.
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Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Walter Scott
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Place of Publication: Edinburgh, England
Language: English
Region: Europe
Topic: Poetry
Subject: Poetry
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1815
