Scott's Poetical Works. [Comprising: Lord of the Isles; Rokeby; Marmion; Bridal of Triermain; Lady of the Lake; Lay of the Last Minstrel.]. This item is unavailable.Scott's Poetical Works. [Comprising: Lord of the Isles; Rokeby; Marmion; Bridal of Triermain; Lady of the Lake; Lay of the Last Minstrel.]

'Select' edition; 6 vols., small 8vo (14 x 9.5 cm); engraved title-pages, offsetting to some vols, only affecting preliminary and terminal leaves, short closed tear to lower margin of half-titles in Rokeby and Lay of the Last Minstrel; tartan-printed wood boards, backed in red morocco, gilt-tooled in six compartments, all edges gilt, lightly scratched, housed in wooden Mauchline-ware box (16.5 x 19 x 11.5 cm) covered in tartan pattern waxed paper, the lid with a vignette of Sir John Steell's statue of Scott and his dog, lined in purple velvet, A fine set. An exceptional set of Sir Walter Scott's Poetical Works in contemporary Mauchline-ware bindings with a corresponding Mauchlin-ware tartan box. Named after the Ayrshire town in which it was manufactured, the technique involved transfer-printing views or tartan patterns onto a number of varying wooden surfaces or objects which were then varnished to be sold primarily as tourist souvenirs. This here is a superb example of the technique applied to decorative bookbinding.…