Added t.p., engraved, with colored ornamental border Editor's preface (p. [xxxvii]) signed: Robert Guy "Two hundred and sixty-five copies of this large paper edition printed for England, and one hundred and fifty for America. The engravings given in duplicate, and the initial letters and rules printed in red"--P. [ii] The proverbial philosophy of Scotland -- A few Spanish proverbs about friars -- Wit and wisdom from West Africa -- Adagia of Erasmus -- William Hickling Prescott -- Ticknor's Life of Prescott -- Richard Ford (1) -- Richard Ford (2) -- Sir Robert Strange -- The Dukes of Urbino -- Devises and mottoes --Ancient Scottish seals -- Spanish bull-fights -- Rectorial address: St. Andrew -- On some varieties of historical style -- The fall of two empires, 1814 and 1870 -- Sir Walter Scott -- Rectorial address: Edinburgh -- Chancellor's address: Glasgow