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Ivanhoe : a romance /

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The classic epic of chivalry and courtly love features the disinherited knight Ivanhoe, his fair lady Rowena, and such larger-than-life characters as Richard the Lion-Hearted and Robin Hood. This novel of the Crusades, chivalry, and courtly love not only recreates history, but made history as well.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
Corporate Author: James Ballantyne and Co (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : London : Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. ; and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1820.
Subjects:
Ivanhoe > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction.
Normans > Great Britain > Fiction.
Knights and knighthood > Fiction.
Jews > England > Fiction.
Anglo-Saxons > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > Richard I, 1189-1199 > Fiction.
Triangle (Relations humaines) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Normands (Français) > Grande-Bretagne > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Anglo-Saxons > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1189-1199 (Richard Ier) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Ivanhoe > (Fictitious character)
Anglo-Saxons.
Jews.
Knights and knighthood.
Normans.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
England.
Great Britain.
1189-1199
rare books.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Love stories.
Romance fiction.
Binders' tickets > Specimens > Wales > Wrexham > 1820.
Romans.
Description
Summary:The classic epic of chivalry and courtly love features the disinherited knight Ivanhoe, his fair lady Rowena, and such larger-than-life characters as Richard the Lion-Hearted and Robin Hood. This novel of the Crusades, chivalry, and courtly love not only recreates history, but made history as well.
Item Description:"In three volumes."
"Dedicatory epistle to the Rev. Dr. Dryasdust, F. A. S. residing in the Castle-Gate, York.": Page xxxiii, volume 1: printed signature at end: "Laurence Templeton".
With "advertisement" (author's note about story) before fly-title in volume 1.
"Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh." -- Title page verso.
Pagination: Volume 1: 4 unnumbered pages, xxxiii, 1 unnumbered page, 298 [that is, 306] pages ; volume 2: 4 unnumbered pages, 327 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; volume 3: 4 unnumbered pages, 371 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 3 pages, 1 unnumbered page.
In volume 1, pages 159-306 are misnumbered 151-298; also in this volume the chapter numbering is erratic, proceeding IV, VII, VII [pages 64, 81, 100]--Cf. Todd and Bowden.
This edition of "Ivanhoe" has two issues: In the first issue, only the first volume is altered, and can be identified by the press mark 9 on page iii, and on page iv, line 6 the first word "Peter". In the second issue where there are 2 variants, the press mark on page iii is either 2 or not present, and on page iv, line 6 the first words are "St Peter".-- Cf. Todd and Bowden.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy is issue 1.
With 3 pages of publisher's advertisements at end of volume 3.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:3 volumes ; 18 cm
Production Credits:"The author of Waverley"=Sir Walter Scott.
Place of Publication:Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.
Great Britain -- England -- London.