Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers. AYTOUN (William Edmondstoune).

Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and other Poems.

Woodcut illustrations throughout by Adam, Dalziel, Thomas, Thompson, Linton, Evans, Adam, Whymper, Patterson, Cooper and Green.

Small 4to. [252 x 183 x 30 mm]. [7]ff, 268pp. Bound in contemporary light tan goatskin over slightly bevelled boards, the covers tooled in gilt with a fillt and thin roll border and panel with a large floral and frond ornament at the corners. The spine divided into six panels, lettered in the second, the others tooled with a flower head within a geometrical compartment, the turn-ins tooled with gilt rolls, marbled endleaves, gilt edges. (Slight variations in the colour of the leather).
Edinburgh: [by R. Clark for] William Blackwood and Sons, 1870.

The endleaves are a little spotted and there is the odd stray spot in the text, but it is a very good copy. The binding has survived remarkably well considering its light colour. First published in 1849 and frequently thereafter.

Stock no. ebc2531