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Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co. and Hurst, Robinson, and Co, 1820. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. SCOTT, Walter, Sir (1771-1832). Ivanhoe. Edinburgh: for Archibald Constable and Co. and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1820. 3 volumes, 8vo (182 x 115 mm). Half titles, fly-titles. (Half-titles lacking in vol.II-III.) Later 20th-century quarter blue morocco gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt, Provenance: Vilhelm Mattie? (signature); RB Irma Maltke? (gift inscription, 1915) FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with all the points identified by Worthington except vol.III lacks the 3pp. advertisements at end. Scott wrote Ivanhoe between July and November of 1819. The first printing of 12,000 copies was released in December 1819, and completely sold out in two weeks. Todd 140Aa; Worthington 8. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(L4-8).

Ivanhoe is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott set in medieval England. It is one of Scott's best-known works and is credited for increasing interest in the Middle Ages.