first edition Hardcover
1821 · Edinburgh
by Montgomery, Alexander; with Biographical Notices by David Irving
Edinburgh: Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for W. and C. Tait, 1821. SCARCE in Fine Binding. With reproductions of title pages: The Cherrie and the Slae. Edinburgh, 1597; and The Flyting betwixt Montgomery and Polwart. Edinburgh, 1629. In fine contemporary binding stamp-signed James Toovey. Full Pebbled calf, ornate gilt back, marbled end papers, all edges gilt. Near Fine, light soiling to boards. Montgomery was a Scottish Jacobean courtier and one of the principal members of the Castalian Band, a circle of poets in the court of James VI in the 1580s. . First Edition. Full Pebbled Calf . Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
(Inventory #: 008722)