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London: Adam and Charles Black, 1900. Leather. Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A complete Library Edition set of Sir Walter Scott's most popular novel series, The Waverley Novels, in attractive half leather binding. A complete Library Edition set of the popular Waverley Novels, by Sir Walter Scott. In attractive half calf binding with marbled boards. This series of novels was first published in 1814. The series became widely read in Europe, being known simply as The Waverley Novels, due to Scott not taking public authorship until 1827. The novels are set over a period of a eight hundred years, from 1097 with 'Count Robert of Paris' to the 19th century with 'St. Ronan's Well'. Scott took inspiration from his homeland of Scotland, setting fifteen out of the twenty-five novels there. 'Waverley', the first novel in this series has since been widely credited as one of the first pieces of historical fiction. Volume I, 'Waverley', illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title…

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.