folio (271 x 205mm.), hand-coloured frontispiece, title page printed in black and red, fly-titles, "The Seige of Carlaverock" poem in English and old French, hand coloured illustrations, flags and crests throughout, calf with the arms of Frederick Perkins in gilt at centre of covers, ruled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, marbled edges, upper board detached, some spotting to versos of free endpapers

Frederick Perkins (1780-1860), Chipstead, Kent, armorial binding, sale, Sotheby’s, 10 July 1889, lot 1404, £1-5s, to Edward Stibbs (1846-1891); William O'Brien, bequest booklabel dated 1899

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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Having successfully conquered Wales and now intent on capturing Scotland, Edward I’s army of some 30,000 men marched on Carlaverock Castle in July 1300. The Siege of Carlaverock, sometimes known as The Roll... or The Song… was apparently composed by a member of Edward I’s army during the battle.