viii, 375 pp. 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Full light brown leather, elaborate stamped designs, gilt titles, five raised spine bands, gilt gauffered edges, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece and plates. Illustrations by John Gilbert. Charles Mackay (27 March 1814 – 24 December 1889) was a Scottish poet, journalist, author, anthologist, novelist, and songwriter, remembered mainly for his book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.--Wikipedia
