Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Ed: 40 Vol Set

The Illustrated Cabinet Edition. Complete forty volume set [40]. Published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Octavo. Volumes are uniformly and elegantly bound in deep blue cloth with elegant gilt thistle decorations and text on spines; Gilt signature and blindstamped border to front boards. Top edges are gilt, other edges are uncut. In Fair-Good condition with some soiling, rippling and cracking to a few of the volumes. Richly illustrated with b/w engraved plates. With Introducation and notes by Andrew Lang.