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Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1877-1879. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Unnamed. A charming set complete in forty eight volumes with the illustrated edition of Sir Walter Scott's novels. The illustrated edition complete in forty eight novels. Comprising Waverley, Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, Rob Roy, Old Mortality, The Heart of Midlothian, A Legend of Montrose, Bride of Lammermoore, Ivanhoe, The Monastery, The Abbot, Kenilworth, The Pirate, Fortunes of Nigel, Peveril the Peak, Quentin Durward, St. Ronan's Well, Redgautlet, The Betrothed, The Talisman, Woodstock, The Highland and Widow, Two Drovers &c, The Maid of Perth, Anne of Geierstein, Count Robert of Paris, Castle Dangerous, amd The Surgeon's Daughter. The 'Waverley Novels,' also known as the 'Abbotsford series,' is a collection of novels by popular author Sir Walter Scott. The series was named after Sir Walcot Scott's home, where he also died in 1832. Waverley was Scott's first novel, published anonymously…

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.