Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and other Poems

William Edmondstoune Aytoun

Verlag: William Blackwood and Sons, London, 1883

Beschreibung

Anthology of the verses of Scottish poet William Edmondstoune Aytoun in charming half calf binding. Anthology of poems by William Edmondstoune Aytoun, Scottish poet, lawyer, and professor of rhetoric and belle lettres at the University of Edinburgh. His distinctive legacy as a teacher has led to him being called the 'first modern professor of English Literature'.The twenty-ninth edition of this work. Originally published in 1849.This work achieved wide popularity. It contains a series of Jacobite ballads, influential for the romantic revival of mid-Victorian Scotland.Complete with half title. Rebound in half calf over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers, gilt tooling to spine, titles in gilt to morocco spine label. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, light rubbing to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Odd light minor spotting to odd leaf, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 852A3

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and other ...

Verlag: William Blackwood and Sons, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1883

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Very Good Indeed

Art des Buches: book