Scott's long narrative poem Marmion was published in late February 1808 as a luxurious quarto, costing a guinea and a half. |
The book is a moderate quarto, in Spanish, written in a very legible hand, but a little damaged towards the latter end. |
The Folio text adds some passages not in the second quarto, and omits others. |
Nos.1 to 5 and No.7 are crown quarto in size with a 2-colour titled card cover. |
Ostovich, like Miola, differs from Herford and Simpson in going back to the quarto. |
One is struck by the impact that such a slim volume, in quarto, has had on the world. |