Scenes Of Infancy; Descriptive Of Teviotdale
by Leyden, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
The older calf is worn on the outer edges, with light staining to the preliminary blanks, otherwise a very good clean copy with the half-title and engraved frontispiece. First Edition. CBEL, III, 237. Uncommon in trade.Long poem based on border scenes and tradition, (common in the work of Sir Walter Scott) with explicative notes after the poem. Leyden wore many hats, among them being a preacher, linguist, orientalist. He contributed to Monk Lewis's "Tales Of Wonder", 1801, and assisted Sir Walter Scott with the early volumes of "Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border", 1802. During an expedition to Java, Leyden was stricken with malaria and died three days' later.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jennie Gottschalk (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6996
- Title
- Scenes Of Infancy; Descriptive Of Teviotdale
- Author
- Leyden, John
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary calf recently rebacked in leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1803
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 12mo
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Jennie Gottschalk
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Wellesley, Massachusetts
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