SCOTT, Walter, Sir (1771-1832). Ivanhoe. Edinburgh: for Archibald Constable and Co. and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1820.
Sale 855 - Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection
Mar 19, 2021
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
Estimate
$300 -
$400
Sold for $406
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
SCOTT, Walter, Sir (1771-1832). Ivanhoe. Edinburgh: for Archibald Constable and Co. and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1820.
3 volumes, 8vo (182 x 115 mm). Half titles, fly-titles. (Half-titles lacking in vol.II-III.) Later 20th-century quarter blue morocco gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt, Provenance: Vilhelm Mattie? (signature); RB Irma Maltke? (gift inscription, 1915)
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with all the points identified by Worthington except vol.II lacks the half-title and vol.III lacks the half-title and 3pp. advertisements at end. Scott wrote Ivanhoe between July and November of 1819. The first printing of 12,000 copies was released in December 1819, and completely sold out in two weeks. Todd 140Aa; Worthington 8.
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