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Edinburgh: Cadell and Company, 1829-1833. Leather. Near Fine. 7" by 4.5". None. A large set of forty-eight volumes of the Waverley Novels by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott. Bound by Morrell, London. Complete in forty-eight volumes. With a frontispiece and vignette title to each volume. Written by Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish historian, poet, playwright, and novelist. The 'Waverley' novels were some of the most popular and widely read novels of the time when they were published, increasing Scott's reputation to become one of the most recognisable literary names of the Georgian era. In his last years, Scott marked these novels as a collection, now officially known as the Waverley Novels, which are considered his Magnum Opus containing much original verse and playing a significant part in the development of the modern historical genre. The series was originally release between 1814 and 1832. This set includes: Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since, complete…

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.