The First American Publication of Scott
The Lay of the Last Minstrel, a Poem.
Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Hugh Maxwell, No. 25, North Second-Street, 1805.
Price: $750.00
About the item
First American edition and the first work of Scott's published in America. The first American edition listed by NCBEL was published in Philadelphia in 1806. 252 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary mottled American calf, red leather spine label. Old damp stain to final 10 page. Very Good. Todd 14Rm; S & S 9327.
Item #345962
The first American edition and the first work of Scott's published in America. Todd notes that it was the "prototype for four later issues by other booksellers." The comma after "Poem" in the title, missing in some copies, is present here.
