[Scott, Walter; Ballantyne, James]. The Edinburgh Annual Register, For 1811. Vol. Fourth, Part Second. Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co., 1813. [8758]
Half leather with marbled boards, raised bands to spine, joints cracked, binding fragile, old piece of cello tape across head of spine. 21 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches). Library bookplate, a few name stamps within, text clean. 374, cxli. pp. Good. Leather bound.
The Register was owned and edited by Sir Walter Scott and James Ballantyne. It began in 1808 as an ambitious project, but was always published two years after the events chronicled, and ultimately the Register was a financial failure.
This volumes included the Chronicle for the entire year, British and Foreign State Papers, Public Accounts, List of Patents for 1811, Projects and Useful Inventions, A Review of the Life and Genius of the late Right Hon. William Windham, Biographical Memoir of John Leyden, M.D., Scotticisms, Original Poetry.
Also, Lists of Births, Marriages, and Deaths; New Publications for 1811; An Index; &c.