The Lay of the Last Minstrel. By Sir Walter Scott. With notes and a chronological summary of his life, and index
An 1887 Chatto & Windus edition of Walter Scott's 1805 narrative poem, with notes, a life summary and index, aimed at late-Victorian general readers of romantic verse. Wood-engraved plates and vignettes show border towers in storm light, armoured men at drawbridges and gateways, and mounted troops under oaks, giving dense cross-hatched night skies, stonework textures and costumed figure groups.
