[Illustrations of the Waverley novels.]
McTaggart, William,1835-1910illustrator.
Raeburn, Henry,Sir,1756-1823illustrator.
Hole, William,1846-1917illustrator.
[S.l. : s.n.,
189-?]
This is a ten-volume set of the illustrations to the Waverley novels printed on silk and coloured by hand. There are 274 illustrations in total. Each is mounted within a card frame and protected by tissue-guards bearing the name of the illustrator, the engraver, the caption, and the name of the respective Waverley title. The volumes contain illustrations from at least three different illustrated editions of the Waverley novels. Most of them appear to come from the 'Border edition' published in 48 volumes by John C. Nimmo in London between 1892 and 1894. The artists contributing to this editon include William McTaggart, Sir Henry Raeburn, and William Hole. There are also illustrations by George Cruickshank from the edition printed by Fisher Son & Co. between 1834 and 1836 and reissued by Routledge in the 1870s. Finally, there are also some 'photo-etchings' printed by John Andrew & Son derived from photographs. These were used in the 'Connoisseur edition' of Waverley published in Boston by Estes and Lauriat in 1831.
This is a ten-volume set of the illustrations to the Waverley novels printed on silk and coloured by hand. There are 274 illustrations in total. Each is mounted within a card frame and protected by tissue-guards bearing the name of the illustrator, the engraver, the caption, and the name of the respective Waverley title. The volumes contain illustrations from at least three different illustrated editions of the Waverley novels. Most of them appear to come from the 'Border edition' published in 48 volumes by John C. Nimmo in London between 1892 and 1894. The artists contributing to this editon include William McTaggart, Sir Henry Raeburn, and William Hole. There are also illustrations by George Cruickshank from the edition printed by Fisher Son & Co. between 1834 and 1836 and reissued by Routledge in the 1870s. Finally, there are also some 'photo-etchings' printed by John Andrew & Son derived from photographs. These were used in the 'Connoisseur edition' of Waverley published in Boston by Estes and Lauriat in 1831.
Each volume is bound in full red morocco with gilt-edged textblocks and endpapers of watered silk. The front and back boards of each volume have a gilt double-rule border with floral emblems in each corner and a gilt centre emblem in the centre of the front boards.
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Silk painting