<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">Second of 2 volumes in 8vo. pp. [6], 420. Half morocco. Stamp of “Kantoor &amp; Teekenbehoeften Luxe artikelen Gebr[oeder]s Canta Hoofdsteeg 51 Rotterdam” on front flyleaf. Ownership inscription of </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:15.3333px;">Charlotte v. d. Wever </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"> [?] on half title.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">A Dutch translation of the Belgian edition (1842, see Bib# 4102920/Fr# 1252 in this collection) of a Walter Scott pastiche by the St-Etienne poets Pierre Auguste Callet and Javelin Pagnon. The translation is by the Rotterdam-based Johannes Baptist Rietstap (1828-1891), who, early on in his career, translated historical and romantic novels, non-fiction works, and travelogues, after which he shifted his focus to heraldry of Dutch and European families.</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_4102921" rel="ugc nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>