51 volumes, 4to. Each volume with three frontispieces, most hand-colored engravings, many volumes possessing an original watercolor illustration by H.C. Green or P. Valois, ONE-PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR bound into first volume, in-text illustrations throughout. Original laminated autumnal-leaf full morocco, elaborately decorated in gilt, boards with central armorial device and thistle devices to corners, spines with raised bands in six compartments lettered or stamped in gilt, turn-ins ruled in gilt with repeating thistle device, white morocco doublures with repeating armorial device, crimson watered silk free endpapers, all edges gilt; minor rubbing to top edges, boards showing occasional minor wear, some scratches, top edges of several volumes bumped, breaking surface of volumes 8, 11, 12, and 40-42.