Ivanhoe by Walter Scott retailer bound in leather

Italian edition of Ivanhoe by Walter Scott, binding decorated in genuine beige leather, hand-marbled guard cards, capitals sewn in silk.

Written in 1814, it is considered the first true historical novel along with Waverley, also by Walter scott. Set at the end of the twelfth century, during the reign of Richard I of England, it tells the story of Wilfred retailer of Ivanhoe, his lover Rowena and the opposition to the marriage of Wilfred's father, Cedric, in a context of clash between Saxons and Normans in medieval England.