The Vision of Don Roderick; A Poem

FIRST EDITION, First Impression, Second State, occasional light toning and spotting, contemporary half blue calf over marbled boards, boards rubbed, spine gilt, 4to, Edinburgh, for John Ballantyne, 1811

Scott’s vivid poem celebrating the Duke of Wellington.

Todd & Bowden 59Ab: “To ‘strengthen’ a rather slim performance, typographically, one or more of the early gatherings were usually printed on heavier paper [as here] . Because of the belated insertion of a second, half-sheet (H) there is a repetition of numbered pages 68-69 resulting in the misnumbering of all subsequent pages.”