LOCKHART, John Gibson.

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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott. Large paper edition, limited issue, number 92 of 600 sets. First published in seven volumes between 1837 and 1838, Lockhart's biography of his father-in-law Scott has since been recognized as one of the most significant works in the history of the genre. This copy is appropriately bound with gilt thistle tooling.For research, Lockhart (1794-1854) not only drew on his personal experience of Scott but interviewed those who also knew the author. His account conveyed "the near heroic regard in which Scott was held in his time" and portrayed "with the power of a successful novelist a character in vivid scenes of place and time" (ODNB).

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