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1774réf. AQ12340Edinburgh: Printed by A. Murray and J. Cochrane 1774. 2 70pp 2. With an engraved title-page. Recent plain paper wraps printed paper lettering piece. Very minor wear to extremities. Title a trifle soiled and chipped lightly foxed. An historical record of the missionary work undertaken in Scotland by the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge primarily concerning the state of education in the country as a whole and the Highlands in particular. Intriguingly there is included a chapter on the Society's proceedings on the eastern seaboard of America relating their attempts at converting members of the Indian nations both in terms of their successes and the difficulties encountered. ESTC T82929. First edition. Quarto. Printed by A. Murray and J. Cochrane paperback
2009réf. BIBLIO-69132The Folio Society London limited edition 2009. Limited edition of 1180 numbered copies and 20 lettered copies. 2 vols facsimile bound in full silk brocade; commentary in cloth-backed boards 21 cm in publisher's original clamshell box. The facsimile comprises 185 leaves 370 ills and the commentary volume has 144 pp. A splendidly produced full colour facsimile of the Fitzwilliam Book of Hours Fitzwilliam Museum ms 1058-1975 together with a separate commentary volume in the publisher's original clamshell box. The manuscript was produced in Bruges around 1510. Its illuminations are attributed to the Master of the Dresden Hours and the Master of James IV of Scotland among others. The principal contents of the commentary volume are: I Piety and Splendour: The Book of Hours in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance ; II Structure Design and Script; III The Texts The Calendar; Prayer to the Holy Face; The Passion According to St John; The Short Hours of the Cross and the Short Hours of the Holy Spirit; The Mass of the Virgin; the Gospel Sequences and the Hours of the Virgin; The Penitential Psalms and Litany The Office of the Dead; Prayers Special Devotions and Suffrages to the Saints; IV The Illumination and the Artists; V Original Patronage and Later Ownership; Conclusion; Appendix I: Physical Description of the Fitzwilliam Hours; Appendix II: The Artists' Materials < Spike Bucklow; Select Bibliography. Set number 1159. Fine in Fine solander case. The Folio Society, London, limited edition, 2009 hardcover
1760réf. 002758Paris, Louis-Estienne Ganeau, 1760
1826réf. 12711BBLondon, John and Arthur Arch, 1826. 38x28 cm. LIII, 96 S.; 2 Bl., S. 97-208. Mit 2 gestoch. Titeln, 51 (1 doppelblattgr.) gestoch. Tafeln. HLdr.-Bd. der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückentitel und Kopfgoldschnitt. 2 vol. in 1.
1810réf. 55309(London, ca. 1810). Folio. (45 x 28 cm.). Later hcloth. Gilt lettering on upper cover. 4 pp. in folio. + engraved map (44 x 52 cm.) Chart of the East Coast of Scotland Bu John Thornton. Left and right margins shaved (no loss of image). Light browning and a few brownspots.
1810réf. 55309London ca. 1810. Folio. 45 x 28 cm. Later hcloth. Gilt lettering on upper cover. 4 pp. in folio. engraved map 44 x 52 cm. Chart of the East Coast of Scotland Bu John Thornton. Left and right margins shaved no loss of image. Light browning and a few brownspots. hardcover
1947réf. 53554London and Edinburgh.: Tourist and Holidays Board and the Scottish Tourist Board. 1947. Color poster / pictorial / pictographic map 36 x 23.5 inches 91.5 x 51.5 cm on sheet 40 x 25 inches. Creasing and light wear to margins now minimised by professional linen backing. Bright and clean. Very detailed pictorial map of the central area of Edinburgh with the Castle Parliament House and the Palace of Holyroodhouse along its horizontal central axis. There are pictographs of notable people and places; the vast majority of the buildings are named. There are pictorial borders with crests thistles and additional notable places along the upper and lower edges. The artist Kerry Lee has drawn himself and his dog in at the lower right corner of the central map area. . Tourist and Holidays Board) and the Scottish Tourist Board. unknown books
1790réf. 27962Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve 1790. First edition in French. iv 412; iv 392 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep. Covers a little scuffed upper joint of volume 2 starting else very good. First edition in French. iv 412; iv 392 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. "a good introduction of Scotland to Frenchmen" First French edition of A Tour through the Highlands of Scotland . London 1787. "This Scottish philanthropist was for many years a bookseller of eminence in London and devoted the fortune he acquired in his business to the improvement of his country. He had long been concerned over the wretched condition of the Highlanders and had made as many as sixteen journeys since 1764 into various parts of the North. He succeeded in arousing the active interest of the London Highland Society in the formation of a British Society for extending the fisheries and improving the sea ports on the coasts. Subscriptions were taken and then he set out on the above recorded tour for which he was voted a gold medal by the Society. The two principal improvements he advocated were inland navigation e.g. tbe Crinan Canal since accomplished and the establishment of free villages or fishing stations on the east coast." - Cox. Cox says of this French edition: "This work served as a good introduction of Scotland to Frenchmen and is of importance for the story of Ossianism in France. He reproduced some of the arguments of John Smith's Gaelic Antiquities Edinb. 1780 in reply to Johnson's attacks whereby Frenchmen became acquainted with some of the theories of Smith an acquired some notion of the Highland bards. The Tour was first published in 1787 at the Highland Society of London. Cox III p. 33-34 Defer de Maisonneuve unknown books
1969réf. GD9-1070London, Charles Skilton, 1969 / 1971 /1976. original cloth binding, 4?, XIII, 430 and XIII, 409 and VIII, 215 pages, Includes index.a very good copy // original Leinenb?nde, 4?, XIII, 430 und XIII, 409 und VIII, 215 Seiten mit Register; Zustand: sehr gut
1701réf. 705511701. A Seventeenth-Century Scottish "Case Book": A Key Precursor to Modern Legal Education Scotland. Court of Session. Vallange John Editor. A Collection of Decisions Of the Lords of Council and Session In Two Parts. The First Contains Decisions From July 1661 To July 1666. Observ'd by Sir John Gilmour of Craigmiller President of the Colledge of Justice. The Second Part Contains Decisions from November 1681 To January 1686. Observ'd by Sir David Falconer of Newton President of the Colledge of Justice. Never Before Publish'd. Revised and Corrected According to the Most Authentick Manuscript Copies And Augmented with a Table of the Names of the Pursuer and Defender; And with a Table of the Matter Containing not Only the Determination of the Lords in the Cause But also the Positions of Law Made Use of in the Pleading Which May Serve for an Alphabetical Compend. As Likeways the Acts of Sederunt from 1681 to 1691. And Continued to 1696. With an Indice of the Same Acts. Edinburgh: Printed by James Watson For John Vallange Book-Seller 1701. 8 2 136 18; ii 80 16; ii 32; 15 3 pp. Three parts each with individual title page pagination and index. Copyright slip pasted to front endleaf two errata slips pasted to rear free endpaper. Quarto 8-1/4" x 6-3/4"; 21 x 17.1 cm. 8 2 136 18; 2 80 16; 2 32; 15 3 pp. Three parts bound in one volume each with its own title page pagination and index. Includes the original copyright slip pasted to the front endleaf and two errata slips pasted to the rear free endpaper. Contemporary mottled calf professionally rebacked in period-style plain calf with raised bands blind rules to boards and a gilt title label. Board edges lightly rubbed; corners bumped. Internal contents show moderate uniform toning with scattered light foxing. The final index leaf of Part I is partially detached with moderate edge wear and minor chipping not affecting legibility. Overall a clean sturdy and well-preserved copy. $750. This rare collection offers an invaluable window into Restoration-era Scots Law compiling decisions reported by two prominent Presidents of the College of Justice: Sir John Gilmour of Craigmillar 1605-1671 and Sir David Falconer of Newton 1623-1685. Beyond its utility as a law report this work is historically significant as an ea. unknown
1595réf. 25266(Duisburg, 1595). 35x44,5 cm. Engraved map of the Northern part of Scotland from 58-61',20''North, showing Orkney Island, hebrides and Skye. Fine orig. handcolouring.
1595réf. 25266Duisburg 1595. 35x445 cm. Engraved map of the Northern part of Scotland from 58-61'20''North showing Orkney Island hebrides and Skye. Fine orig. handcolouring. Koeman Me 12 83. From Mercators "Atlantis Pars Altera Geographia Nova. Duisburg 1595" unknown
1851réf. 200139AG1851. London & New York John Tallis & Company 1851. Large Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by D. Pound. Plate Size: 51 cm x 36.5 cm. Sheet Size: 51.5 cm x 37.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map / city-plan in very good condition. This Map is beautifully framed. Price includes worldwide free shipping per UPS Courier Framed. Published in the Illustrated Atlas And Modern History Of The World Geographical Political Commercial & Statistical Edited By R. Montgomery Martin. Handsome town-plan of Edinburgh in Scotland. The The Water of Leith can be seen running through Scotland's capital city. Railways street and district areas of the city are also included. The Salisbury Crags Carlton Hill and the Castle Rock are all shown. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the map. One of the few double page plans published by Tallis. The project of 'The Illustrated Atlas' was designed to be finished just in time for the anxiously awaited "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" or The Great Exhibition sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park London from 1 May to 11 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fairs exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century and it was a much-anticipated event. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert husband of the reigning monarch Queen Victoria. It was attended by numerous notable figures of the time including Charles Darwin Samuel Colt members of the Orléanist Royal Family and the writers Charlotte Brontë Charles Dickens Lewis Carroll George Eliot and Alfred Tennyson. Music for the opening was under the direction of Sir George Thomas Smart and the continuous music from the exhibited organs for the Queen's procession was "under the superintendence of William Sterndale Bennett". Wikipedia unknown
1807réf. 2109220001Privately printed 1807. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Signed. Folio 14 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches. Limited edition of only 120 copies. Bound in contemporary navy quarter morocco over marbled boards. Some rubbing to cover. 28 engraved plates vignettes. Final leaf has a small ink stain at the corner. Light foxing. Inscribed by the author the Duchess of Sutherland to Sir Hugh Innes Bt. Innes 1764-1831 was a Scottish MP for Ross-shire and Sutherland. [Privately printed] hardcover
réf. 13974601Edinburgh: Published for the Author by Edmonston and Douglas, [1852] 4 volumes in-4, complet des 240 planches sur acier reproduisant des monuments, chateaux, églises en Ecosse, avec chacune une description de 2 à 6 pages illustrées de gravures sur bois. Demi-maroquin violet à coins, dos à nerfs richement ornés, tête dorée, qq petites usures et épidermures, qq rousseurs, mouillures au vol. 3. Bel exemplaire en reliure décorative. ** 4 volumes 4to. 240 steel plates and many woodcuts with letterpress descriptions. Half morocco, spine with rich gilt devices, t.e.g. Sm. foxing, water staining to vol.3. A fine set. Ex libris James Comerford.
1792réf. 035174Edinburgh : The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 1792. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fair. Upper boards detached from the first 4 volumes. Slightly foxed. Illustrated with engraved plates full page and fold-out. The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland hardcover
1683réf. 668941683. An Appealing Collection of Scottish Acts from 1424 to the Act of Union Scotland. Murray Thomas 1630-1684 Compiler. The Laws and Acts of Parliament Made by King James the First And His Royal Successors Kings and Queen of Scotland in Two Parts. Part I. Collected And Extracted From the Publick Records of the Said Kingdom. Edinburgh: Printed by Iosua van Solingen And Iohn Colmar for David Lindsay And His Co-Partners 1682 i.e. 1683. xii 1018 2 pp. With Murray Thomas Compiler. Part II The Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraign Charles the First. Holden by Himselfe Present in Person With the Three Estates at Edinburgh Upon the Twenty Eight Day of June Anno Domini 1633. Edinburgh: Printed by David Lindsay 1683. 130 4 133-371 13 373-640 2 pp. Bound with An Index or Abridgement of the Acts of Parliament Made by K. James the I. And II. III. IV. V. Queen Mary Ja. VI. K. Charles I. And Charles the II. Kings and Queen of Scotland. Digested into Heads Set Down After the Order of the Alphabet. Edinburgh: Printed by John Reid 1685. 292 pp. And The Laws and Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Sovereign James VII. Holden at Edinburgh April 23. 1685. By His Grace William Duke of Queensbury. Lord High Treasurer of Scotland. His Majesty's High Commissioner for Holding this Parliament By Virtue of a Commission Under His Majesty's Great Seal of this Kingdom. With Special Advice and Consent of the Estates of Parliament. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Freebairn and Company 1685. 875 1 pp. Each session preceded by divisional title page. Four books bound as a three-volume set. 12mo. 5-3/4" x 3-1/4". Contemporary calf rebacked retaining portions of original gilt spines with raised bands and lettering pieces spines of Volumes I and II reversed blind rules to boards blind tooling to board edges hinges mended endleaves retained. Some minor scuffs and tiny stains to boards light rubbing to extremities corners bumped rear hinge of Volume I cracked early owner bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Light toning to text light foxing somewhat heavier in places minor worming faint dampstaining and foxing in a few places a few passages have brief annotations and markings. unknown books
First edition, [4], 288, 149, [1]pp., folding engraved map, Birmingham Law Society stamp on title, recent half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco title label. The Appin Murder occurred on 14 May 1752 near Appin in the west of Scotland, and it resulted in what is often held to be a notorious miscarriage of justice. It occurred in the tumultuous aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The murder inspired events in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Kidnapped.
Two volumes, complete. A unique set of the FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this pioneering (and extremely well-documented) study of French-Scottish relations and connections from the middle ages down to the 19th century. 3, VII, 548 pp (with 81 text engravings of coats of arms); 3, 551 pp (with 25 text engravings of coats of arms). A truly unique set. From a total edition of 115 copies printed 8vo, volume I is one of only five printed on laid paper. Volume II is printed large 4to on wove paper, although no 4to copies are recorded. Both copies printed in black and red on fine paper. Both copies uncut and bound as issued (volume I in leather-backed pebbled boards, volume II in cloth). Light wear to bindings, internally clean.
1873réf. 46421Kirkwall Orkney Scotland 1873. Paper wrappers. A near fine copy. 56 pp. 4to. A rare daily diary from April 14th 1873 to January 27th 1874 detailing the weather storms the growing of crops cattle shipments plantings the comings & goings of the islanders of ships some large mostly smaller Reaper class to & from Inverness Edinburgh Wales and beyond including the author's trip to Edinburgh concerning the author's acceptance as clerk treasurer and officer of the board of the church. The journal ends with his note that he "must down to Kara Are of Kara and brake the sad news to his sister about a death.and followed by "moderate wind with a slight drizzling rain." A wealth of information on a remote area of the Orkney Islands. unknown
réf. 1537Amsterdam: Printed by Richt Right Press in the yeare that the bishops had their downefall in Scotland. i.e. 1638. Soft cover. Good. Quarto. 24pp. A4-C4. Disbound. In this edition title page line 14 has "IUDG." italic. STC 2nd ed. 22032; ESTC S116914. Lower margins of some leaves shaved very closely. [Amsterdam]: Printed [by Richt Right Press], in the yeare that the bishops had their downefall in Scotland. [i.e. 1638]. paperback
6 vols. in one as issued, First Edition, 4to, general title-page repaired on inner blank margin (not affecting the text), the final leaf of the second pamphlet misbound after the fourth pamphlet, each item has a separate title, pagination and signatures, [2], 8, [2], 14, 5, [1], 8, 6, 6, 8 pp., modern marbled boards, gilt morocco label on upper cover, a nice copy. The six pamphlets are variously printed at Newcastle-upon-Tyne by John Gooding, and at Edinburgh by Lumisden and Robertson. The titles are:-**** 1). A Letter from a Scots Gentleman at Berwick, to his Intimate Friend at Newcastle. Newcastle upon Tyne, 1745. 2). A Letter from a Gentleman at Newcastle, to the Burgesses of Edinburgh. [Newcastle upon Tyne], 1745. 3). The Pretended Prince of Wales's Manifesto and Declaration, Dated at Edinburgh, October 14. 1745, Dissected, Anatomised, and exposed to Ridicule. Newcastle upon Tyne, 1745. 4) A Vindication of the Brewers of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Printed in the Year 1725: And reprinted there, in the Year 1745. 5) A Speech Without Doors, made on the 4th of October, on Occasion of the Election of Magistrates at Michaelmas, 1725; and Reprinted in the Year 1745. 6). Proposal for retrieving the Sinking State of the Good Town of Edinburgh, humbly offered to the Consideration of all its Honest Burgess and Welwishers. Edinburgh, Printed in the Year 1737: And reprinted there, in the Year, 1745. **** The final pamphlet is not called for in the publisher's advertisement on the final page of the second pamphlet. These pamphlets are listed separately in the ESTC and various locations are given for single titles but the only complete copies with the general title-page are at the British Library, Aberdeen University, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Huntington, and Chiddingstone Castle.
réf. 73602Edinburgh: The Riverside Press Limited Glasgow: William McLellan and Company 1910-1914. Esoterica/Spirituality ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS very rare. Four volumes. Quarto 25 x 19cm pp.192 pp.168 pp.188 pp.220. Occasional black and white in-text photographs. Publisher's cream cloth gilt illustrations and titles stamped to upper board and spine. Internally bright and clean. Toning/offsetting to flyleaves gentle spotting to front and rear blanks as well as textblock edges. Bindings largely clean some gentle marking to boards including some red marking to top of vol IV. Four volumes of a periodical issued by the Theosophical Society in Scotland to document the history and presence of Scottish theosophists. Theosophy is an esoteric practice arising in the 19th century that sought to fuse Eastern and Western thought into a creed that supports all religious and mystical beliefs. These four volumes cover all Scottish lodges key figures and key events - starting from around 1910 with volume IV covering up to mid-1914. The Theosophical Society in Scotland is still active today; you can visit their website online. Edinburgh: The Riverside Press Limited, Glasgow: William McLellan and Company, 1910-1914 unknown
1701réf. 705511701. A Seventeenth-Century Scottish "Case Book" Scotland. Court of Session. Vallange John Editor. A Collection of Decisions Of the Lords of Council and Session In Two Parts. The First Contains Decisions From July 1661 To July 1666. Observ'd by Sir John Gilmour of Craigmiller President of the Colledge of Justice. The Second Part Contains Decisions from November 1681 To January 1686. Observ'd by Sir David Falconer of Newton President of the Colledge of Justice. Never Before Publish'd. Revised and Corrected According to the Most Authentick Manuscript Copies And Augmented with a Table of the Names of the Pursuer and Defender; And with a Table of the Matter Containing not Only the Determination of the Lords in the Cause But also the Positions of Law Made Use of in the Pleading Which May Serve for an Alphabetical Compend. As Likeways the Acts of Sederunt from 1681 to 1691. And Continued to 1696. With an Indice of the Same Acts. Edinburgh: Printed by James Watson For John Vallange Book-Seller 1701. 8 2 136 18; ii 80 16; ii 32; 15 3 pp. Three parts each with individual title page pagination and index. Copyright slip pasted to front endleaf two errata slips pasted to rear free endpaper. Quarto 8-1/4" x 6-3/4". Contemporary mottled calf with recent period-style plain-calf rebacking blind rules to boards gilt title and raised bands to spine hinges mended. Light rubbing to board edges corners bumped. Moderate toning light foxing in places final index leaf of Part I partially detached with moderate wear and a few chips to edges. $950. Only edition. With thorough subject indexes. This collection is notable because each decision is headed by a brief statement outlining its underlying legal principal. In this regard it is a forerunner to a casebook a point indicated in the title which says the reports contain "not only the determination of the lords in the cause but also the positions of law made use of in the pleading which may serve for an alphabetical compend" that is a student notebook of exemplary cases. English Short-Title Catalogue T78113. unknown books
1826réf. 229498Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William Blackwood Edinburgh: and T. Cadell Strand London 1826. Second edition of the first two Letters First edition of the Third Letter. 60; 86 2 blank; 39 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half red morocco preserving nineteenth-century marbled boards. Fine. Second edition of the first two Letters First edition of the Third Letter. 60; 86 2 blank; 39 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "change every thing in Scotland to an English model". "In this series of 'Letters' defending the issuance of Scottish banknotes Scott benefits from his work on Swift by patterning the Malachi Malagrowther letters on Swift's Drapier's Letters" Todd & Bowden p. 621. "In February 1826 there may have been a degree of calculation in Scott's entering the debate on a government measure introduced to deal with the economic crisis which would have restricted the rights of the Scottish banks to issue their own notes but Scott represented it as a nationalist issue 'the late disposition to change every thing in Scotland to an English model' Journal 94. In February and March he wrote three letters to the editor of the Edinburgh Weekly Journal in which he used the currency issue as an exemplum for the larger tendency. The letters caused a sensation. Ministerial friends were very angry but withdrew the measure. The banks were grateful; taking a lead from his old rival in love William Forbes they agreed to the creation of a trust for the settling of Scott's debts and The Letters of Malachi Malagrowther as the letters are now known is recognized as a classic in political argument" DNB. A complete set uncommon. Todd & Bowden 186Ac 187Ac 188Ab. Kress III C1778 C1781 C1784 Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William Blackwood, Edinburgh: and T. Cadell, Strand, London unknown books
