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FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING of PEVERIL OF THE PEAK!!
By Sir Walter Scott.
Complete in 4-volumes.

Printed in 1822!!
This set is well OVER 175 YEARS OLD!
This is The FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING!!

Bound in the highest-quality, morocco leather bindings.
Gilded spines.
These are the original bindings.
Printed on thick quality paper with wide margins, making this set a pleasure to read.

Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable & Co.,
& Hurst, Robinson & Co., London
Printed in 1822.
Complete in four volumes.
7.5 inches tall.

In VERY GOOD condition. All hinges are 100% fully attached. The leather is supple, fresh, tightly bound. Includes the half titles. No writing or previous signs of ownership, but for an early bookplate, and 2 old catalogue entries, below the bookplate. Printed on quality paper, near free of any trace of foxing, but for first few pages. Some general rubs/wear. This is a gorgeous set.

The Edinburgh Magazine and British Critic praised Peveril of the Peak declaring that it was 'better calculated to stand the test of criticism' than any other Scott novel!

Here is a brief summary of the novel:
The background to the novel is in 1678, when Jesuits were alleged to be planning the assassination of King Charles II in order to bring his Roman Catholic brother, the Duke of York (later King James II) to the throne. The story centers on two Derbyshire landowners, Sir Geoffrey Peveril, an old Cavalier, and, Major Ralph Bridgenorth, a Puritan. Despite their differing political and religious opinions, they have been brought together through events connected with the Civil War. Sir Geoffrey's son Julian and Bridgenorth's daughter Alice are secretly in love, but their relationship is jeopardized when the Popish Plot divides their fathers. Bridgenorth is suspicious of Sir Geoffrey's friendship with the Countess of Derby, who, although guiltless, is implicated in the Plot. Julian, who has spent some time attached to the Countess's household on the Isle of Man, returns to England on her service, and finds that Bridgenorth has arrested his father as a Papist conspirator. He is himself arrested when trying to liberate him but is freed by his father's retainers.
Meanwhile, Alice has been entrusted by Bridgenorth to the care of his brother-in-law Edward Christian. Christian hatches a plot to make Alice the King's mistress and thus gain access to the royal ear. His aim is to avenge himself on the Countess of Derby who has had his brother executed during the Civil War. To this end, he has also placed Fenella, his daughter by a Moorish woman, as a spy in the Countess's household. Fenella has long played the role of a deaf mute in order to learn her employer's secrets but falls in love with Julian during his residence with the Countess. She helps Julian rescue Alice from the King's licentious favorite, Buckingham. The vengeful Buckingham contrives to have Julian arrested under suspicion of involvement in the Popish Plot and imprisoned along with his father in the Tower of London. They are put on trial but acquitted thanks to the intervention of the King, whom Fenella has informed of Christian's conspiracy, and who feels indebted to Sir Geoffrey. The King prevails upon Sir Geoffrey and Bridgenorth to set aside their differences, and consent to their children's marriage.

This would make an excellent gift and/or addition to any fine library.
Antiquarian books make a great investment, are only going up in value, and are sure to increase the aura of any room or office!

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