· by librarything.com ·20h ago · view on bsky.app ↗

Today is the birthday of #SirWalterScott. A lawyer, magistrate, landowner, publisher, antiquary, literary scholar, translator, poet and novelist, he is perhaps best remembered today as one of the first authors of historical fiction.

alt text

A painted portrait of Sir Walter Scott, underneath the words "Legacy Library."

1 comments — live from bluesky

LibraryThing · 0 · 20h ago

His library of over 4,000 volumes has been partially cataloged thus far, as part of our Legacy Libraries project. Have you read any of Sir Walter Scott's books? Do you share any books with him? www.librarything.com/profile/Walt...