The frontispiece portrait of David Scott is signed as painted by himself. The first plate is signed as drawn by G. Sanders and engraved by R. Scott; the second and fourth as by David Scott and 'WBS'; the third is unsigned, but described in the list of Illustrations as an etching by D. Scott; the fifth is captioned as 'One of David Scott's Latest Designs' and signed 'WBS'. The title-page vignette is signed 'David Scott'.
The printer is named in the colophon: 'Edinburgh: Printed By Robert Clark.'
The rear pastedown carries the binder's ticket, 'Bound By John Gray - Edinburgh'.
Summary Note
The five plates are captioned and show: [1] 'Solitude'; [2] 'Discord, or the Household Gods Destroyed'; [3] 'The Ancient Mariner stops the Marriage Guest'; [4] 'Vasco de Gama encountering the Spirit of the Cape'; [5] 'The Procession of Unknown Powers. One of David Scott's Latest Designs'.
Binding Note
19th-century green cloth, upper and lower covers and spine decorated in blind; rebacked in 1989 by A. Wessely, retaining earlier spine-piece lettered 'Memoir Of David Scott'.
Artists - Painters - Poets - Great Britain - Edinburgh - History - 19th century
Memoirs - Biography - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Great Britain - 19th century