Sir Walter Scott — Waverley Novels

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1857. Leather. A very smartly bound complete set of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. Complete in twenty-five volumes. The complete Waverley Novels, a series of novels originally released between 1814 and 1832, often called his 'Magnum Opus' with Scott providing each novel with an introduction and notes. The historical novels played a significant part in the movement in readdressing the public perception of the Scottish Highlands and its culture, which had formerly been viewed by the South as a barbaric area of hill bandits, religious fanaticism, and Jacobite risings. Influenced by the eighteenth century Enlightenment, Scott believed in tolerance regardless of class, religion, politics, or ancestry, which is a consistent theme across the novels and in much of the original verse they contain. Written by Sir Walter Scott, a British historian, novelist, poet, and playwright whose works remain classics of European and Scottish literature. This set includes: Waverley. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and nine plates. Guy Mannering. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and seven plates. The Antiquary. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and five plates. Rob Roy. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and five plates. Old Mortality. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and six plates. The Black Dwarf and A Legend of Montrose. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and five plates. The Heart of Mid-Lothian. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and eight plates. The Bride of Lammermoor. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and six plates. Ivanhoe. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and four plates. The Monastery. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and five plates. The Abbot. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and six plates. Kenilworth. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and five plates. The Pirate. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and seven plates. The Fortunes of Nigel. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and six plates. Peveril of the Peak. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and eight plates. Quentin Durward. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and five plates. St. Ronan's Well. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and four plates. Redgauntlet. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and five plates. The Betrothed and The Highland Widow. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and seven plates. The Talisman and The Two Drovers. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and four plates. Woodstock. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and seven plates. The Fair Maid of Perth. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and seven plates. Anne of Geierstein. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and five plates. Count Robert of Paris. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and four plates. Surgeon's Daughter and Castle Dangerous. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and five plates. Collated complete. Bound in full brown morocco with gilt. Externally, very smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Minor rubbing to the spines and board edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot or handling mark. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .