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First thus. Illustrated with 15 full-page engravings throughout. 8vo, publisher's original brown cloth, the covers stamped in blind with full floral motif, the upper cover with an image of Sir Walter Scott, the lower cover with an image of Scotland, the spine lettered in gilt. viii, 424 pp. A very handsome and beautifully preserved copy with very little evidence of age or use.

Edizione: early issue, fully illustrated throughout. sir walter scott remains one of scotland's greatest men of letters. his influence was as far reaching as his works were commercially successful. his poetry earned him an offer of the laureateship, which he refused, and was considered quite original in style among the romantics.<br> scott is best remembered however for his novels which were highly popular in his time and which were extremely influential to both his contemporaries and his literary posterity. he is generally accredited with establishing the form of the historical novel and, according to v.s. pritchett, the modern short story. his works were as avidly imitated as they were read and his influence is especially recognizable in the works of ainsworth and bulwer-lytton.<br> this work is a fine collection of anecdotes gleaned from throughout his writings. it is a very scarce book. we find no copies being offered currently in the marketplace.