1811 1ed Vision of Don Roderick Sir Walter Scott English Poetry Visigoths Spain

1811 1^ed Vision of Don Roderick Sir Walter Scott English Poetry Visigoths Spain

 

“My hope, my heaven, my trust must be, My gentle guide, in following thee.”

– Sir Walter Scott

 

‘The Vision of Don Roderick’ is one of Sir Walter Scott’s lesser-known poems based on the 8^th-century legend of Roderick, the last Visigoth King and his meeting with a Spanish oracle.

 

An extremely rare 1811 first edition of Scott’s poem.

 

Item number: #5609

Price: $499

SCOTT, Walter

 

The vision of Don Roderick: a poem

Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne for John Ballantyne, 1811. [i.e. 1812]. First edition.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages

o   ix, [3], 122 [i.e. 128]

• Provenance: Bookplate

o   Sir Horace David Cholwell St Paul, 1st Baronet (1775 – 1840) was an English soldier and Member of Parliament.

• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~10.5in X 8.5in (27cm x 21.5cm)

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