[Simier Signed Fine Binding, Fourth Impression] Scott - Marmion (1809)

Walter Scott. Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field. By Walter Scott, Esq. Illustrated with Engravings, from the designs of Richard Westall, Esq. R.A. London: John Sharpe, 1809. 

FINE BINDING, SIGNED ON SPINE 'SIMIER R. DU ROI' - Rene Simier (1772-1843) 

Fourth Impression. (220 x 140 mm) pp. 377, cxxviii. Half title; full title with illustrated vignette (London: Published by John Sharpe. Piccadilly, 1809); second full title, Fourth edition stated (Edinburgh: Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and company, Edinburgh; and William Miller, Albemarle-Street, and John Murray, London, 1808), Dedication, Advertisement, Contents, Canti I-VI, Notes to Canti. Published 7 January 1809 in Edinburgh. ssued 16 January in London (MC as a ‘New Edition’). 3000 copies.First title page from 1809 edition (Todd & Bowden, 28Dt), but text can be point-verified as the 1808 4th edition (Todd & Bowden, 28Af)--  double title page noted by Todd & Bowden (93). Fine binding by Simier executed in full purple morocco with gilt and blind tool stamp decorations on covers. Raised panels on spine with gilt decoration and author, title, and binder's mark. Green silk-like book mark. Fore edges completely gilt. Green paper pastedowns and flyleaves with gilt turn ins and edges. Hinges worn with leather exposed, edges somewhat bumped. Discoloration due to sun fading to  approximately top half of front cover. Effaced bookplate on front end papers.