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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
1827réf. 66800Perth: printed by Crerar and Son 1827. 12mo pp. 295 1; largely unopened; original brown paper-covered boards red paper shelfback printed paper label on spine Forbes clan coat of arms "Grace me Guide" stamped on the upper board; spine sunned edges rubbed inscription on title page reading "Ruth Forbes One Hund. & Seventy six" light toning to a couple of leaves and the occasional very light spotting very good. Includes dissertations on the life and writings of James I the Scots language and Scottish music. Much of the book is taken up with his best-known poem the King's Quair nearly 1400 lines which was "composed by him while he was a prisoner in the castle of Windsor upon the Lady Jane a princess of the blood royal of England to whom he was afterwards espoused" preface. The boards on the book are slight and appear recycled. John Price notes that his copy in boards reuses "discarded leaves for a temporary binding. printed by Crerar and Son unknown
1827réf. 66800Perth: printed by Crerar and Son 1827. 12mo pp. 295 1; largely unopened; original brown paper-covered boards red paper shelfback printed paper label on spine Forbes clan coat of arms "Grace me Guide" stamped on the upper board; spine sunned edges rubbed inscription on title page reading "Ruth Forbes One Hund. & Seventy six" light toning to a couple of leaves and the occasional very light spotting very good. Includes dissertations on the life and writings of James I the Scots language and Scottish music. Much of the book is taken up with his best-known poem the King's Quair nearly 1400 lines which was "composed by him while he was a prisoner in the castle of Windsor upon the Lady Jane a princess of the blood royal of England to whom he was afterwards espoused" preface. The boards on the book are slight and appear recycled. John Price notes that his copy in boards reuses "discarded leaves for a temporary binding. printed by Crerar and Son 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
1721réf. 792951721. Rare Pamphlet Outlining "A Project for Retrieving Credit" Bankruptcy. Scotland. The Cry of the Creditors upon Bankrupt Estates in Scotland Renewed; Containing a Project for Retrieving Credit And Advancing Trade By Preventing Tedious Law-Suits: Again Addressed to the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session Members of Parliament And all Scotsmen. Edinburgh: Printed by the Successors of Andrew Anderson 1721. 24 pp. 12mo. 6" x 4"; 15.2 x 10.2 cm. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light browning some soiling to exterior margins trimmed closely with loss to page numbers and words on a few leaves legibility not affected. $750. This urgent early 18th-century economic tract offers a remarkable window into the systemic financial distress gripping Scotland. The anonymous author soundly illustrates the scale of the crisis noting that over the preceding forty years "almost the Fourth Part of all the Estates in Scotland had Changed Masters or Proprietors through their becoming bankrupt." To remedy this economic paralysis the author proposes a radical overhaul of Scottish bankruptcy law and debt collection procedures. By streamlining legal mechanisms and "preventing tedious law-suits" the project aims to unlock frozen assets protect desperate creditors and ultimately revive a stagnant merchant trade. The publication of this pamphlet in 1721 is highly significant. It was printed in the immediate chaotic aftermath of the collapse of the South Sea Company in late 1720. Popularly known as the "South Sea Bubble" this historic event was the world's first global financial crash. The speculative bubble ruined thousands of investors across Great Britain devastated credit markets and triggered a wave of high-profile bankruptcies. This tract represents a direct localized Scottish response to that imperial financial catastrophe capturing the desperation of creditors trying to salvage what remained of their fortunes. This pamphlet is of the utmost rarity. A single copy is located globally between the OCLC and the English Short-Title Catalogue housed at the National Library of Scotland. It is notably absent from the premier economic collections of the period. Not in Goldsmiths.' English Short-Title Catalogue T192280. unknown
1721réf. 792951721. Rare Pamphlet Outlining "A Project for Retrieving Credit" Bankruptcy. Scotland. The Cry of the Creditors upon Bankrupt Estates in Scotland Renewed; Containing a Project for Retrieving Credit And Advancing Trade By Preventing Tedious Law-Suits: Again Addressed to the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session Members of Parliament And all Scotsmen. Edinburgh: Printed by the Successors of Andrew Anderson 1721. 24 pp. 12mo. 6" x 4"; 15.2 x 10.2 cm. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light browning some soiling to exterior margins trimmed closely with loss to page numbers and words on a few leaves legibility not affected. $750. This urgent early 18th-century economic tract offers a remarkable window into the systemic financial distress gripping Scotland. The anonymous author soundly illustrates the scale of the crisis noting that over the preceding forty years "almost the Fourth Part of all the Estates in Scotland had Changed Masters or Proprietors through their becoming bankrupt." To remedy this economic paralysis the author proposes a radical overhaul of Scottish bankruptcy law and debt collection procedures. By streamlining legal mechanisms and "preventing tedious law-suits" the project aims to unlock frozen assets protect desperate creditors and ultimately revive a stagnant merchant trade. The publication of this pamphlet in 1721 is highly significant. It was printed in the immediate chaotic aftermath of the collapse of the South Sea Company in late 1720. Popularly known as the "South Sea Bubble" this historic event was the world's first global financial crash. The speculative bubble ruined thousands of investors across Great Britain devastated credit markets and triggered a wave of high-profile bankruptcies. This tract represents a direct localized Scottish response to that imperial financial catastrophe capturing the desperation of creditors trying to salvage what remained of their fortunes. This pamphlet is of the utmost rarity. A single copy is located globally between the OCLC and the English Short-Title Catalogue housed at the National Library of Scotland. It is notably absent from the premier economic collections of the period. Not in Goldsmiths.' English Short-Title Catalogue T192280. unknown books
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
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 books
1611réf. 750661611. Edinburgh: Printed be Thomas Finlason 1611. Edinburgh: Printed be Thomas Finlason 1611. Scottish Acts from 1600-1609 Scotland. Skene John 1543-1617 Compiler. The Lawes and Acts of Parliament Made be the Most Excellent and Mightie King and Monarch James be the Grace of God King of Great Britane France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. Since His Maiesties XV. Parliament the XIX Day of December 1597. Collected Revised and Extracted Foorth of the Register of his H. Kingdome of Scotland. With ane Table of the Principall Matters Conteined Therein. Edinburgh: Printed be Thomas Finlason 1611. i 40 2 ff. Folio 10-1/2" x 6-1/2"; 26.7 x 16.5 cm. Recent quarter calf over marbled boards blind fillets to calf edges gilt fillets and title to spine endpapers renewed. Light rubbing and slight fading to spine. Light toning to interior light soiling and very light foxing in a few places very light edgewear to first few leaves tear to bottom-edge of f. 16 not affecting text early annotations to ff. 17-19. $750. Only edition. This single-volume collection of Scottish statutes acts as a direct continuation of Sir John Skene's landmark 1597 compilation The Lawes and Actes of Parliament. Printed in Edinburgh by Thomas Finlason-who succeeded Robert Waldegrave as King's Printer-this work codifies the primary legislation passed during a critical transitional era in British legal history. The volume captures the sixteenth through twentieth Parliaments of King James VI of Scotland 1600-1609 a period spanning his accession to the English throne as James I in 1603 and his relocation to London. Contains key acts restoring and regulating the Episcopal hierarchy in Scotland reflecting James VI's effort to align Scottish ecclesiastical governance more closely with the Church of England. Features the notable "Act Against Skandalous Speeches and Lybels" highlighting the Crown's stringent control over public discourse sedition and political dissent during the Union of the Crowns. Compiled by Sir John Skene of Currie Clerk Register and prominent legal antiquary whose official revisions standardized public access to statutory law in early modern Scotland. The annotations to our copy are brief glosses. English Short-Title Catalogue S116978. unknown books
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
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.
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.
1862Two 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
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 books
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. 0 [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
