The lay of the last minstrel. A poem.

Pp. 351, [16 adverts] + 6 Copper engraved plates by Richard Westall, foxing. Original full polished calf gilt. Raised spine bands with gilt decorated panels, slight surface loss & leather hinge splits. Holding firm. Preface:- -The Poem, now offered to the Public, is intended to illustrate the customs and manners which anciently prevailed on the Borders of England and Scotland. The inhabitants living in a state partly pastoral and partly warlike, and combining habits of constant depredation with the influence of a rude spririt of chivalry-...