The New Album of Waverly Views; Melrose, Scotland

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ALBUMS & SCRAPBOOKS
W. Baker & Sons
Great Britain, Scotland, Melrose
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overall: 2-7/8 x 4-1/2 in.

Print; The New Album of Waverly Views, Melrose, Scotland; collected by Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899) during his travels as a shipmaster to the British Isles; soft cover book containing 12 fold out images (accordion style) that are prints of drawings or etchings of various places of importance to author Walter Scott (1771-1832) in and around Melrose, Scotland, front is made from stiff card paper, while back is fragile and has become detatched; printed on front (above and below image of Walter Scott) " The New Album/ of Waverly Views); printed on front (left of image of Walter Scott) "BORN/ 15th AUGUST/ 1771; printed on front (right of image of Walter Scott) "DIED/ 21ST SEPTEMBER/ 1832"; printed on front (below image of Walter Scott) "WALTER SCOTT"; printed on front (bottom right corner) "ENTERED AT STATIONERS HALL"; printed on back "W. BAKER & SONS./ DRAPERS, ETC.,/ 1&2, Lower Dorset Street,/ AND/ 80&90 RATMINES ROAD,/ DUBLIN".

2005.34.122