The abbott.

Hand-coloured frontispiece, probably by Robert Cruikshank, features four panels (together 15.4 x 18.1 cm), each with their own caption.Frontispiece only.Dean & Munday published some of Wilkinson's redactions of popular novels during the 1820s, including some originally by Scott, cf. F. Potter. "Writing for the spectre of poverty: Exhuming Sarah Wilkinson's bluebooks and novels," p. 26.Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson is known to have written condensations of works by Sir Walter Scott, cf. DNB.Captions and engravings on frontispiece closely match characters and plot of Sir Walter Scott's "The abbott."Description based soley on frontispiece.Cataloguer supplied title.Mode of access: Internet.Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: 1 in a collection of 57 title pages and frontispieces from 1820 to 1828 that represent a better technique than some earlier examples as the strong colours are not applied as carelessly as some of the earlier and cheaper booklets. Unnumbered; accession number: 359087