GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, October, 1832  

* Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet death

Near the back of the issue is the obituary for Sir Walter Scott taking nearly 24 pages. 
Although lengthy and informative, the first line of the obituary may describe him best: "Sept. 21. At Abbotsford, Co. Roxburgh, aged 61. Sir Walter Scott, Bart. the proudest name in the modern annals of literature."  There is also a half page engraving: "Dryburgh Abbey, The Burial Place Of Sir Walter Scott".
Included are the plates called for save for the map of Western China.
Complete in 96 pages, 5 by 8 inches, full title/index page which is nearly close-trimmed at the right (but no loss of text), very nice condition.

Background: The overarching historical significance of Sir Walter Scott’s life and work lies in his unprecedented dual impact as the architect of the modern historical novel and a primary engine of nineteenth-century European cultural nationalism. By meticulously weaving genuine socio-political history with fictional narratives in his Waverley series and Ivanhoe, Scott broke down the barriers between academic, high-prestige history and popular literature. This literary innovation fundamentally transformed how Europeans engaged with their own past, inspiring a widespread passion for medievalism and motivating subsequent generations of historians and writers—such as Victor Hugo and Leo Tolstoy—to view history through a more vivid, human lens. Concurrently, Scott’s civic achievements, most notably his 1818 rediscovery of the forgotten Crown Jewels of Scotland and his elaborate orchestration of King George IV’s 1822 royal visit to Edinburgh, carried massive political weight. By introducing a highly stylized pageantry of kilts, tartans, and clan pageantry to the British monarch, Scott successfully rehabilitated Highland culture—which had been legally suppressed and criminalized following the 1745 Jacobite uprising—effectively rebranding a fractured, post-Union Scotland into a proud, distinct, yet loyal partner within the British Empire.