Books

48 volumes, published between 1859 and 1860, each volume with engraved title page (with tissues) and frontispiece illustration, further illustrations in text, ink signature to inner endpapers, all volumes uniformly bound in green half leather and marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, some occasional rubbing to the boards and their edges, otherwise a very good complete set. Size: 6.25 x 4.5 Inches.

The novel 'Waverley' by Walter Scott is regarded as the first historical novel in the English language, blending history with fiction to portray the Jacobite uprising of 1745.