Book - The Scottish Chiefs
Porter, Jane. The Scottish Chiefs, a romance. In four volumes. By Miss Jane Porter, author of Thaddeus of Warsaw, and Remarks on Sidney's Aphorisms ... Vol. III. New York: Published by D. Huntington. T. & W. Mercein, printers. 1815.
1815 (Date manufactured/created)
Paper, Leather
Porter, Jane. The Scottish Chiefs, a romance. In four volumes. By Miss Jane Porter, author of Thaddeus of Warsaw, and Remarks on Sidney's Aphorisms ... Vol. III. New York: Published by D. Huntington. T. & W. Mercein, printers. 1815.
12mo (140 x 73mm), pp. 300. Bound in contemporary calf, spine and boards gilt. Early ink ownership inscriptions to front free flyleaf recto and verso.
Third volume only of a later edition of Jane Porter's The Scottish Chiefs, which was seminal to the development of the historical novel. Porter wrote several such novels, and is slowly being rediscovered by literary scholars today and appreciated for her contributions to the English novel. This particular copy, an American edition, has a wonderful provenance, and we are lucky to know so much about its history and previous owners. Its owners were as follows:
1. Daniel Hand, Jr. (1762-1821), who gifted it to:
2. Jonathan Meigs Hand (1793-1822), his son, who gifted it to:
3. William Wallace Wilcox (1816-1841), his nephew, who gifted it to:
4. George Augustus Wilcox (b.1830?), who gifted it to:
5. Maria Elena Pignatelli (1928-2015), his granddaughter, who gifted it to:
6. The Madison Historical Society.
12mo (140 x 73mm), pp. 300. Bound in contemporary calf, spine and boards gilt. Early ink ownership inscriptions to front free flyleaf recto and verso.
Third volume only of a later edition of Jane Porter's The Scottish Chiefs, which was seminal to the development of the historical novel. Porter wrote several such novels, and is slowly being rediscovered by literary scholars today and appreciated for her contributions to the English novel. This particular copy, an American edition, has a wonderful provenance, and we are lucky to know so much about its history and previous owners. Its owners were as follows:
1. Daniel Hand, Jr. (1762-1821), who gifted it to:
2. Jonathan Meigs Hand (1793-1822), his son, who gifted it to:
3. William Wallace Wilcox (1816-1841), his nephew, who gifted it to:
4. George Augustus Wilcox (b.1830?), who gifted it to:
5. Maria Elena Pignatelli (1928-2015), his granddaughter, who gifted it to:
6. The Madison Historical Society.
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