IVANHOE

First Easton Press Edition, with illustrations by artist Edward A. Wilson. With very impressive coloured plates and illustrations throughout the text and on full-page plates by Scottish-born artist Edward A. Wilson. Royal 8vo, in the publisher?s original rmaroon leather binding, the covers fully gilt decorated in an overall design, the spine with raised bands, the compartments lettered and decorated in gilt, silk doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt silk ribbon marker. xxvi, 471 pp. A pristine copy, as mint.

Edizione: first easton press printing and a handsome edition of ivanhoe. with impressive illustrations by edward wilson, originally hand-coloured by the artist himself. wilson was a master of what many call the second golden-age of book illustrating and is famous for works such as; robinson crusoe, treasure island, jane eyre, a, two years before the mast, the last of the mohicans, the tempest, the seven voyages of sinbad the sailor, ivanhoe, the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde, twenty leagues under the sea, the mysterious island, warpath, the deerslayer, and around the world in 80 days.<br> ivanhoe is the best of scott?s historical novels and by far his most famous work. this romantic tale of the conflict between the normans and the saxons is among the most highly regarded works of historical fiction.