The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott. With Illustrations by Brown, Godefroy Durand, Eriz, C. Gilbert, Montader, Riou and Vidal (RB547)

Circa 1880: Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated throughout

Original maroon cloth with gilt titles on the spine. 342 very clean and bright pages, mild speckled foxing on the endpapers and title page. Boards slightly rubbed and faded with time bumped on the corners and spine ends consistent with age but remain firm and intact. Overall a nice and firm scarce edition. (RB547)

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This is a story of national change and personal tragedy. For Lucy Ashton and Edgar Ravenswood, acts of heroism are thwarted and love is doomed by social, political and historical division. This edition restores the action to the years of uncertainty and political flux before the Union of Scotland and England in 1707, rather than after, as Scott's later revision had placed it.

Sir Walter Scott was a Scottish novelist, poet, historian, and biographer, widely recognized as the founder and master of the historical novel. His most celebrated works, including Waverley, Rob Roy, and Ivanhoe, helped shape not only the genre of historical fiction but also modern perceptions of Scottish culture and identity.
Born in Edinburgh in 1771, Scott was the son of a solicitor and a mother with a strong interest in literature and history. At the age of two, he contracted polio, which left him with a permanent limp. He spent much of his childhood in the Scottish Borders, where he developed a deep fascination with the region's folklore, ballads, and history. He studied at Edinburgh High School and later at the University of Edinburgh, qualifying as a lawyer in 1792. Though he worked in law for some time, his literary ambitions soon took precedence.

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