1816 11th Edition — The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott, Esq. — Quarter Leather — Feilden Baronet MP Inscription

1816 11th Edition — The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott, Esq. — Quarter Leather — Feilden Baronet MP Inscription

A handsome and well‑preserved 1816 Eleventh Edition of The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott, Esq., printed in Edinburgh by James Ballantyne & Co. This early UK edition is bound in quarter leather with marbled boards and marbled endpapers—an attractive and classic period binding.

This copy carries an extraordinary piece of provenance: a personal 1827 inscription from Sir William Feilden, 1st Baronet of Feniscowles and Member of Parliament for Blackburn, gifting the volume to his daughter Georgiana Amelia Feilden. The inscription is dated September 16th, 1827, in a neat, legible hand on the front flyleaf.

Condition

• Very Good overall for a 208‑year‑old volume

• Quarter leather shows light rubbing along joints and edges, consistent with age

• Marbled boards bright and intact with only minor wear

• Binding tight and sound

• Pages clean, with mild age toning and occasional foxing typical of early 19th‑century paper

• Marbled endpapers vibrant and original

• No loose gatherings observed

• Inscription clean and unfaded

• A genuinely well‑kept example of an early Scott edition

Highlights

• Scarce early UK edition with personal inscription from Sir William Feilden, 1st Baronet of Feniscowles (MP for Blackburn) to his daughter, Georgiana Amelia Feilden, dated 1827 • Attractive quarter‑leather binding with marbled boards and marbled endpapers • Printed by James Ballantyne & Co., Edinburgh, 1816 • Very Good condition — clean pages, tight binding, minor expected wear to leather • A desirable combination of early Scott printing + documented aristocratic provenance