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Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co, 1820. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 vol. 8vo. [7], iv-xxxiii, [2], 2-298, [4]; [5], 4-327, [5]; [7], 4-371, [5] pp. Half-bound in green morocco over textured green cloth with twin gold rules on the borders on both front and rear boards, spine with five gilt raised bands and gilt design and lettering; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Riviere & Son with later professional strengthening to the joints. Lacking the half-titles in volume 1 and volume 2, advertisements at the end of volume 3 are not bound in (fly titles present in all 3 volumes). Volumes 2 and 3 correspond to the first issue of the first edition as specified in Todd & Bowden. Volume 1 has the pagination error indicative of the first edition and 'toilsome' at xv.3 which is indicative of the first issue; however, the figures called for on the sheets vary between what is specified for the first and second issue (sheets A, F, I-P, and S-Y correspond to what is called…

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.