David Douglas, Edinburgh. 1888.

8vo, 405pp. A very good hardback copy bound in maroon cloth. Cloth is edge worn with spine yellowed & marked on front board. Previous owner's paper labels on front paste down endpaper. No dust jacket.

A legal odyssey of a criminal judge who held court and kept a diary of his work in Scotland between the years 1837-185 4. His work required him to travel a great deal to decide legal cases and hence its value as a travel diary.