Author: FORE-EDGE PAINTING. [SCOTT (Walter)]:
Title: Historical Romances of the Author Waverley. The Monastery.
Description: Edinburgh; Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson and Co. London. 1822. 8vo, 210 x 130 mms., pp. [ii] [3] - 513 [514 blank], engraved title-page, contemporary calf, recently rebacked in lighter calf, black morocco label, all edges gilt, with a recent erotic/naughty fore-edge painting by Martin Frost of monks indulging in rather unliturgical activity. One volume of an 1822 reprint; the text begins with chapter 11 ("Two or three years glided on..." and finishes with the conclusion. Sold as an odd volume for the fore-edge painting.

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