Three octavo vols. xxxiii, (i), 298; 327; 371pp + 3pp publisher's advertisements. Ivanhoe has long stood as Scott's paramount literary achievement, and even in his own day the rabid purchasing of the initial run of 12,000 copies indicates the novel's celebrity. Like Rob Roy, it was almost immediately reproduced in a range of adaptations, its medieval setting granting it an Arthurian mythos translated into Scotland's misty environs. The influence is reciprocal, and subsequent iterations of any medieval-era tale on the British Isles borrowed some of the mystique of Scott's fantastical history. In Volume I: page 159-306 misnumbered 151-298, single quotation mark after "journey" on p. 296, and figure 3 on p. 297. Set bound in contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper over boards and marbled text block edges. Corners and extremities rubbed, spines somewhat darkened, final leaf of Vol. II with adhered tear, endpapers foxed. An attractive set with a clean interior. Housed in dropback box. (Todd 140Aa)