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51 Volumes. Small 4to. Limited Numberd Edition, one of 12 copies. 'Extra Illustrated Edition'. Each volume contains 3 frontispieces, one hand colored etching. Bound in dyed, crushed morocco; gold thistle ornament between raised bands and at corners of boards; armorial lion doublure; burgundy moire f.f.e.p. A.e.g. Some wear and darkening to spine ends. Rubbing and darkening to extremeties of covers. Front boards detached from volume one and fifty-one. VG. THE SET:

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.