1871 The Waverly Novels (Centenary Edition)

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding

The complete Centenary Edition of Sir Walter Scott's popular 'Waverly' novels, which gained their name (from the first novel of the series) due to the fact that Scott did not publicly acknowledge authorship until 1827. 

Complete in twenty-five volumes. 

Uniformly bound in half calf, with marbled boards.

These historical novels were among the most popular and widely read in Europe for nearly a century, with particular titles such as 'Ivanhoe' inspiring contemporary popular depictions of historical figures and settings, such as Robin Hood. 

Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and number of plates, as detailed below.

This set contains the follows titles:

Vol I - Waverly or 'Tis Sixty Years Since (five plates)
Vol II - Guy Mannering or The Astrologer (seven plates) 
Vol III - The Antiquary (five plates)
Vol IV - Rob Roy (six plates) 
Vol V - Old Mortality (six plates)
Vol VI - A Legend of Montrose and The Black Dwarf (five plates)
Vol VII - The Heart of Mid-Lothian (seven plates) 
Vol VIII - The Bride of Lammermoor (six plates) 
Vol IX - Ivanhoe: A Romance (five plates)
Vol X - The Monastery (five plates)
Vol XI - The Abbot: Being a Sequel to the Monastery (five plates) 
Vol XII - Kenilworth (four plates) 
Vol XIII - The Pirate (seven plates)
Vol XIV - The Fortunes of Nigel (five plates)
Vol XV - Peveril of the Peak (eight plates) 
Vol XVI - Quentin Durward (four plates)
Vol XVII - St. Ronan's Well (four plates)
Vol XVIII - Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century (four plates) 
Vol XIX - The Betrothed: A Tale of the Crusaders and The Chronicles of the Canongate (six plates)
Vol XX - The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders and The Chronicles of the Canongate (five plates)
Vol XXI - Woodstock or The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one (seven plates)
Vol XXII - The Fair Maid of Perth or St. Valentine's Day: Chronicles of the Canongate - Second Series (five plates)
Vol XXIII - Anne of Geierstein or The Maiden of the Mist (four plates)
Vol XXIV - Count Robert of Paris (three plates) 
Vol XXV - The Surgeon's Daughter and Castle Dangerous (four plates)