The Early Editions of Rob Roy

Abstract Sir Walter Scott’s three-volume Rob Roy was the first of his novels to be issued in three ‘factitious editions’—i.e. of the one setting of type, in an edition number totalling 10,000, 2,500 were issued with ‘Second edition’ on the title pages, 2,500 with ‘Third edition’. Publication of the...

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