Noctes Ambrosianae, in Four Volumes. (Hard Cover) Wilson, Prof. John For Sale

Partial Set, but complete topic, First Edition. Hard cover, 12mo, ( 5 x 7 5/8 inches) Finely bound (unsigned, but presumed to be by Edinburgh binders Henderson and Bisset) in three-quarter calf, rolled in blind, with marbled paper-covered boards of teal, umber and gold, the spine with five raised bands, shilling-rolled, with onlaid red morocco title label gilt to second compartment and black author and volume designation to fourth, and the remaining compartments framed in neoclassical foliate borders, centering oblong astor-like flowers and a pattern of closed and open dots, some in threes. Top edge gilt. Foolscap. Two facing title pages. A contemporary news clipping portrait of a bust of the Author in character as the rugged but sage Scottish wit and philosopher of men, "Christopher North," is tipped in to a fly leaf of Volume I, probably taken from Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine