The field of Waterloo; a poem

Scott, Walter

Published by printed by James Ballantye & Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and john Murray, London, Edinburgh, 1815

About this Item

First edition, 8vo, pp. 56, 4 (ads), [2] A proposal for publishing a print of . the Battle of Waterloo; original brown paper wrappers; edges worn, curled, and chipped, mathematical calculation on blank verso of last leaf and recto of rear flyleaf; some toning and light foxing; a good copy. "The poem was the first upon a subject likely to be sufficiently hackneyed; and, having the advantage of coming out in a small cheap form - (prudently imitated from Murray's innovation with the tales of Byron, which was the deathblow to the system of verse in quarto) - it attained rapidly a measure of circulation above what had been reached either by Rokeby or the Lord of the Isles" (Lockhart, v.106-107). Bowden & Todd 84Aa. Seller Inventory # 67048

Bibliographic Details

Title: The field of Waterloo; a poem

Publisher: printed by James Ballantye & Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and john Murray, London, Edinburgh

Publication Date: 1815

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: 1st Edition