NMLP P-034771 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-09
The Antiquary
Walter Scott · Archibald Constable and Co. (Edinburgh); Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London) · 1816
The 6,000-copy first edition reportedly sold out within three weeks, and the novel was said to be Scott's own favorite among his novels; the resulting second edition did not appear until roughly three months after publication, so only sheets from this initial May 1816 setting represent the true first edition
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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-034771 for "The Antiquary" by Walter Scott (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-034771, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).