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Title

Scenes of infancy : descriptive of Teviotdale / by John Leyden.

Author

Leyden, John, 1775-1811.

Publication

Edinburgh : Printed by James Ballantyne for T. N. Longman, and O. Rees, London; sold by Manners and Miller, and A. Constable, Edinburgh. 1803.

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Additional Authors

• Ballantyne, James, 1772-1833
• Constable, Archibald, 1774-1827
• Storer, James, 1771-1853
• Longman and Rees (London, England), publisher.
• Manners and Miller, publisher.

Description

[4], 184 pages, [1] leaf of plates : frontispiece (engraving); 13 cm

Note

• First edition.
• 12mo: []², []¹², B-G¹², H⁸ [w/m: 1802]
• Illustration : Frontispiece engraving by I. Storer.
• Epigraph: "Dulcia rura valete, et Lydia, dulcior illis, / Et casti fontes, et felix nomen agelli."
• Colophon: "Printed by J. Ballantyne, Border-ress, Edinburgh."

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

*Pforz A-RD 05

OCLC

17529815

Author

Leyden, John, 1775-1811.

Title

Scenes of infancy : descriptive of Teviotdale / by John Leyden.

Imprint

Edinburgh : Printed by James Ballantyne for T. N. Longman, and O. Rees, London; sold by Manners and Miller, and A. Constable, Edinburgh. 1803.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy : Provenance : Thomas Love Peacock ; with his name in ink on front free endpaper, and holograph quatrain (TLP 0143) in pencil on front binder's leaf : "When thy Imagination strays / Oer former scenes and youthful days / Then may my friendship and my mind / In thy Remembrance be Combined." -- In pencil on front paste-down : "Marianne St. Croix" (an heiress, Peacock's old friend); pencil illustration on front free endpaper ; a little pencil underlining, one ink typographic correction. -- Bound in original Scottish mottled calf, black morocco spine label, gilt letters and decorations, gilt on cover edges. -- Acquired by the Pforzheimer Library through Quaritch (Cambridge, Mass.) 9/16/74.

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Added Author

Ballantyne, James, 1772-1833, printer.

Constable, Archibald, 1774-1827, publisher.

Storer, James, 1771-1853, engraver.

Longman and Rees (London, England), publisher.

Manners and Miller, publisher.

Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866, former owner.

Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866, former owner.

St. Croix, Marianne, former owner.

Research Call Number

*Pforz A-RD 05