[Rarebooks] FS: Extra-Illustrated copy of Scott's "The Field of Waterloo" Edinburgh: 1815

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Scott, Sir Walter. THE FIELD OF WATERLOO; a Poem. Edinburgh: Printed by 
James Ballantyne & Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. et al. 1815. 54pp. 
Extra-illustrated with 20 plates. 7 are portraits, 10 are engraved views (one 
folding plate is a French "metamorphose", and 3 are double-page), and 3 color 
plates (1 is large in 4 folding sections). Finely bound in 19th c. 1/2 red 
morocco, gilt, over cloth. Bookplate on front pastedown.     $375.00 (trade 
discount allowed)
Note: the original printing of this work had no plates.

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