Robert T. Wilson. Trial of Sir Robert T. Wilson, John H. Hutchinson, and Michael Bruce. [1816]. First edition.

Trial of Sir Robert T. Wilson

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Robert T. Wilson. Trial of Sir Robert T. Wilson, John H. Hutchinson, and Michael Bruce. For Assisting in the Escape of M. Lavalette. Edinburgh: J. Dick, [1816]. First Edinburgh edition, published the same year in London. Twelvemo (6.25 x 4 inches; 160 x 100 mm.). 96 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Wilson. Later (20th century) smooth gray cloth, dark red gilt-lettered spine label; top edge of the text block gilt, others trimmed; plain endpapers. Spine just barely leaning; some trivial, faint smudges on the front board; corners gently tapped. Text very lightly browned but still perfectly supple, some sporadic light foxing; text of a few leaves shaved; endpapers faintly tanned; bookplate. Near fine. (#10345).