Small 8vo., xi,189pp., frontis., engraved title page and 8 engraved illustrations, Riviere binding, full calf , spine with gilt decoration and contrasting labels, later reback retaining original boards and endpapers with original spine relaid; top edge gilt, slightly rubbed, lightly foxed but very attractive copy. Engraved bookplate of Jacobus Bromley to front paste-down, quote from Carlyle's `Life of Sterling` inscribed on front flyleaf