Illustrations of Walter Scott's Lay of the last minstrel : consisting of twelve views on the rivers Bothwick, Ettrick, Yarrow, Tiviot, and Tweed / engraved by James Heath, R. A., from designs taken on the spot by John C. Schetky, of Oxford ; with anecdotes and descriptions.

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Creator:: Schetky, John Christian, 1778–1874
Title(s):: Illustrations of Walter Scott's Lay of the last minstrel : consisting of twelve views on the rivers Bothwick, Ettrick, Yarrow, Tiviot, and Tweed / engraved by James Heath, R. A., from designs taken on the spot by John C. Schetky, of Oxford ; with anecdotes and descriptions.
Published/Created:: London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808.
Physical Description:: [7], 64, [1] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA880.B72 S34 1808+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3792244
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Text revised and corrected by Sir Walter Scott.
Steel engravings by James Heath; after John Christian Schetky.
"The title and vignette printed by J. M'Creery. The other part of the work by J. Ballantyne and Co., Edinburgh"--Title page verso.
"This leaf printed by J. M'Creery, Fleet-street, London"--P. 64.
Wood-engraved vignette on title page.
NSTC, S633
Includes bibliographical references.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in half calf with marbled boards. Stamp in black ink on t.p.: Pro Regna Pro Patricia.
Subject Terms:: Castles -- England -- Pictorial works.
Castles -- Scotland -- Pictorial works.
Hunnewell, James Frothingham -- Bookplate.
J. Ballantyne and Co. -- Printer.
Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme -- Publisher.
M'Creery, J. -- Printer.
Pro Regna Pro Patricia -- Stamp.
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832. Lay of the last minstrel -- Illustrations.
Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) -- Description and travel.
Form/Genre:: Wood engravings -- 1808.
Steel engravings -- 1808.
Contributors:: Scott, Walter, 1771–1832.
Heath, James, 1757–1834, engraver.
Schetky, John Christian, 1778–1874, ill.
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