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1979réf. 007446Edinburgh : A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar 1771 c1979 1979. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 3 volumes :160 plates including facsimiles maps music; some folded ; 27 cm ; by a society of gentlemen in Scotland.; LC: AE5.E3631771 ; OCLC: 277954529 ; 5 raised bands spine labels in red and black leather with decorations and lettering in gold rubric textblock ; an exact facsimile of a 3-volume set of the 1st edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica reproducing the plates with foxing ; "For three years sections of the encyclopaedia were issued periodically. The first two numbers came in December 1768 . The first volume 'Aa' to 'Bzo' was completed and bound in 1769 the second 'Caaba' to 'Lythrum' a year later and the third 'Macao' to 'Zyglophyllum' in 1771"--Herman Kogan The great EB./ Edited by William Smellie who was employed by Colin Macfarquhar publisher and Andrew Bell engraver./ "In order to give some idea of the materials of which this dictionary is composed we shall conclude the preface with a list of the principal authors made use of in the compilation."--Preface.; thick heavy volumes ; FINE Edinburgh : A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1771, c1979 hardcover
1835réf. 46401683Paris, Dentu, Edimbourg, Blackwood, Leipsick, Bossange, Prague, Ryba, 1835 ; in-4, demi-maroquin vert à coins, dos lisse orné, filets dorés sur les plats. 137 pp., 30 lithographies et 1 fac-similé.ÉDITION ORIGINALE. Récit du voyage en Ecosse fait par le jeune fils de la duchesse de Berry en exil en Angleterre avec la famille royale “pour faire une utile diversion à ses études.” Ruines de Lochleven et du château de Bothwell, loch Ness, cascades de Bruar et de Dunkeld, défilé de Killicrankie, lacs Ericht, Awe et Leven, Culloden... Ce bel album romantique nous emmène dans les sites sauvages de l’Écosse que les lecteurs avaient appris à connaître à travers les romans noirs.Exemplaire dans une élégante reliure, qq. rousseurs, fente sans manque au faux-titre.
réf. 29958Stuttgart Dans la Librairie de J. G. Cotta 1819 in 8 (20,5x12,5) 2 volumes reliures basne fauve à coins de l'époque, dos lisses, pièces de titre et de tomaison de cuir marron (ors passés), 619 pages (sur 624), notre volume se termine avec le mot: Fin, en bas de page, 2 mors du tome 1 faibles, petite tache brune dans la marge des pages, 450 à 466, et 567 à 590 du tome 2. Les 4 plats sont ornés au centre du fer doré armorié de: '' The Society of Writers to the Signet ''. Edition originale. Johann Ludwig Kluber, 1762-1837. Bon exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
réf. 27382Londres 1764 in 12 3 volumes reliures plein veau fauve de l'époque, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre de maroquin rouge, pièces de tomaison beiges, tranches teintées bleues, petite restauration ancienne sur 2 mors. Tome 1: XXVIII et 400 pages et 4 faux-feuillets non chiffrés. Tome 2: 398 pages et 5 faux-feuillets non chiffrés. Tome 3: 489 pages et 6 faux-feuillets non chiffrés. William Robertson, 1721-1793, universitaire et historien écossais. Première édition française, traduite par Besset de la Chapelle. Bel exemplaire
réf. 21969March 1761. Three pages folio fold marks closed tears minor damage text clear and complete. List giving Date of the Gift and then a brief description. For example "1716 Febrry 27 Gift of the Chamberlaincy of Fyfe. To the Earl of Rothes" the list concluding on Page 3 "1755 Decem.17 Pension of £500 out of the Lordship of Ross in favours of Sir Henry Monie Bart." Three such records are finally listed under the heading "Chancery Record" the first being "1707 Gift to the Earl of Roseberry of the Island of Garrie upon the Firth of Forth" followedin the same year by the gift of "the Island or Rock called the Bass at themouth of the Firth." Total gifts listed c.55 12 of which have a cross beside them in the left margin most involving Fen Duties. March 1761 unknown
2020réf. 10228Barcelona; M. Moleiro 2020 2020. Hard Cover. Folio pp. 349 3. Parallel text in French and English. Illustrated throughout. Bound in full scarlet cloth over boards with black titles and ornaments to upper board and spine with scarlet woven place-marker. In a black and scarlet pictorial dust-jacket. Very minimal light shelfwear to dust-jacket. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust-jacket. Scholarly commentary by leading academics on the historical context production and provenance of the Isabella Breviary Add. Ms. 1851. The breviary is an example of the most exuberant phrase of Flemish manuscript illumination with it's exquisite artwork being having been attributed to several significant miniaturists including the Master of the Dresden Hours active in Bruges ca. 1480�1515 and the Master of James IV of Scotland ca. 1488�1525. The 2020 book is edited and published by the luxury Spanish printing house of Moleiro with their reproductions being described by the Times as "The Art of Perfection" and is lavishly illustrated with 290 high quality full colour illustrations. Barcelona; M. Moleiro, 2020 hardcover
1912réf. 717Edinburgh: Cambridge University Press 1912. First edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 5 x 7 1/4 inches. lvi 698 numbered pages a 4 leaves lacking a1 initial blank b 16 leaves C 8 leaves 1-21 in 16s 22 14 leaves. All page edges rouged and gilt. An interesting unrecorded variant of Griffiths 1912/2 and 1912/3. Bound in full flexible black leather with gilt cross on front cover and gilt "Common Prayer Scotland / Cambridge" on spine. Pasted inside the rear cover is a manuscript letter dated 18th March 1913 from E.H. Dowden the niece of the noted Irish poet professor and literary critic Edward Dowden whose brother was Bishop of Edinburgh addressed "Dear Dr. Hart" regarding the new Scottish BCP and the effect of the printer's strike upon it and the Scottish Chronicle noting "how useful your American Revision Reports have been" and the current state of revision of the Lectionary among other related subjects also included is a letter from James Pott American agent for Cambridge Univ. Press notifying Dr. Hart of the forwarding of the New Scottish BCP. From the library of Samuel Hart which experienced a fire that damaged a number of books. As a result items from Hart's library are extremely rare. Samuel Hart 1845-1917 was dean of the Berkeley Divinity School the unofficial "middle way" seminary of the Episcopal Church at Middletown Connecticut. In 1886 he became the third custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. In 1892 he became secretary of the House of Bishops. In 1898 he became the fourth historiographer of the Episcopal Church. He served in all three of these offices until his death. In 1893 he was elected Bishop of Vermont but he declined the office. A unique association copy with related correspondence. Cambridge University Press unknown
1818réf. 000211Constable & Co. Ltd, Edinburgh 1818. 1. Auflage Halbleinen/Hartkarton. Sehr gut
1821réf. 38011821 broché petit in-octavo (paperback in-octavo), dos et couverture marrons clairs imprimés et illustrés (brown spine and cover printed and illustrated), gouttière long papier (fore-edge - great papier), illustrations : 3 dessins de Isabey - 2 planches dessinées et enluminées par Bory de Saint-Vincent et d'une carte itinéraire de Monsieur de Cailleux et du portrait d'un Chef de Clan (3 drawings of Isabey - 2 plates of Bory de Saint-Vincent and intinerary map of Mister de Cailleux and portrait of a chieftain), 335 pages, 1821 à Paris Chez J.-N. Barba Libraire,
réf. 51-6495London: Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1824. 4to. 21 x 27cm. Original board cover with new half goatskin by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov. Frontispiece and title page soiled.References: Met Museum Object Number: 41.100.197; Linton M. of W.E. p. 186; Graesse III p. 239 ; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:2205370: Physical Description:1 preliminary leaf v-xvi pages 1 leaf 408 pages tables folded table 28 cm. Title vignette head and tail pieces and initials mounted.Preface signed: Al. Henderson London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1824 unknown
1794réf. 752691794. Dalrymple's Biographies of the Lords of Session Scotland. Court of Session. Dalrymple Sir David 1726-1792 Compiler. A Catalogue of the Lords of Session From the Institution of the College of Justice In the Year 1532. With Historical Notes. Edinburgh: s.n. 1794. iv 18 42 pp. Quarto 10" x 8-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning light foxing to a few leaves small penciled "24" to foot of title page internally clean. $450. Second expanded edition. An important figure in Scottish law and letters Dalrymple Lord Hailes 3rd Baronet of Hailes was an advocate judge and historian. The present work is one of the earliest comprehensive biographies of the members of the Court of Session covering the period from 1532-1793. First published in 1767 it was revised and expanded again in 1798. All editions are scarce. OCLC locates 2 copies of the second edition in North America 1 in a law library Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue T62289. unknown
1767réf. 738931767. Edinburgh: Sands Murray and Cochram 1767. Edinburgh: Sands Murray and Cochram 1767. Dalrymple's Biographies of the Lords of Session Scotland. Court of Session. Dalrymple Sir David 1726-1792 Compiler. A Catalogue of the Lords of Session From the Institution of the College of Justice In the Year 1532. With Historical Notes. Edinburgh: Printed by Sands Murray and Cochram 1767. iv 17 1; 26 pp. Quarto 10" x 7-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in recent buckram gilt title to spine edges rouged. Minor bubbling to rear board hinges reinforced. Moderate toning to interior occasional light foxing mostly to margins light soiling in a few places somewhat heavier to title page and final leaf light creasing to margins of a few leaves. Ownership signature "David Brown" and early annotation to title page additional ownership inscription "Geo: Martin- from a friend-" to head of p. 1 later and early manuscript corrections and additions some quite extensive in a few places affected by trimming on p. 22 of the second section only. $450. First edition. An important figure in Scottish law and letters Dalrymple Lord Hailes 3rd Baronet of Hailes was an advocate judge and historian. The present work is one of the earliest comprehensive biographies of the members of the Court of Session. It was revised and expanded twice in 1794 and 1798. The annotations and corrections to our copy mostly to the Catalogue both follow the pasted-in errata slip and add some 39 names from 1775-1816. OCLC locates 4 copies of the first edition in law libraries Harvard Yale University of Cincinnati University of Virginia. English Short-Title Catalogue T117992. unknown
1757réf. 739411757. Decisions of the Court of Session 1735-1796 Scotland. Court of Session. Decisions of the Court of Session From the Month of November MDCCXXXV. Edinburgh: Printed by G. Hamilton & J. Balfour 1757. ii 2 216 pp. Lacking second part pp. 217-460 covering decisions from 1739-1744. With Davidson Robert Compiler. Douglas David Compiler. Decisions of the Court of Session From November 1792 to July 1793. By Appointment of the Faculty of Advocates. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute 1794. ii 155 1 9 3 pp. With an appendix and index. Complete. And Davidson Robert Compiler. Douglas David Compiler. Decisions of the Court of Session From November 1794 to July 1795. By Appointment of the Faculty of Advocates. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute 1796. ii 293-434 2 2 pp. With an appendix and index. Complete. Publisher advertisement to verso of title page. And Davidson Robert Compiler. Douglas David Compiler. Decisions of the Court of Session From November 1792-July 1796. By Appointment of the Faculty of Advocates. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute 1798. ii 435-538; 13-23 25 pp. Lacking first parts pp. 1-434 covering decisions from 1792-1795 and corresponding portion of appendix. Publisher advertisements to final leaf. Folio 13-1/2" x 8". Together four items housed in attractive 14-1/4" x 8-3/4" quarter imitation morocco clamshell case with raised bands and lettering pieces to spine. Original plain wrappers item 4: recent wrappers edges untrimmed items 2 and 3 have contrasting paper spines with printed labels. Light soiling to wrappers spines of items 2 and 3 worn spine ends abraded. Light toning occasional light soiling and spotting a few cracks to text blocks all leaves secure minor worming to last quarter of item 1 without loss to legibility. $450. The Court of Session is Scotland's supreme civil court. The Faculty of Advocates is a body of advocates lawyers admitted to practice in the courts of Scotland. Primarily issued in parts the decisions included here span time frames from 1735-1739 1792-1793 1794-1795 and 1795-1796 with the Court's term lasting from June to November. The first compilation presumably the first of two parts has been attributed by some to Lord Kames 1696-1782 the leading Scott. unknown
1794réf. 752691794. Dalrymple's Biographies of the Lords of Session Scotland. Court of Session. Dalrymple Sir David 1726-1792 Compiler. A Catalogue of the Lords of Session From the Institution of the College of Justice In the Year 1532. With Historical Notes. Edinburgh: s.n. 1794. iv 18 42 pp. Quarto 10" x 8-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning light foxing to a few leaves small penciled "24" to foot of title page internally clean. $450. Second expanded edition. An important figure in Scottish law and letters Dalrymple Lord Hailes 3rd Baronet of Hailes was an advocate judge and historian. The present work is one of the earliest comprehensive biographies of the members of the Court of Session covering the period from 1532-1793. First published in 1767 it was revised and expanded again in 1798. All editions are scarce. OCLC locates 2 copies of the second edition in North America 1 in a law library Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue T62289. unknown books
1767réf. 738931767. Edinburgh: Sands Murray and Cochram 1767. Edinburgh: Sands Murray and Cochram 1767. Dalrymple's Biographies of the Lords of Session Scotland. Court of Session. Dalrymple Sir David 1726-1792 Compiler. A Catalogue of the Lords of Session From the Institution of the College of Justice In the Year 1532. With Historical Notes. Edinburgh: Printed by Sands Murray and Cochram 1767. iv 17 1; 26 pp. Quarto 10" x 7-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in recent buckram gilt title to spine edges rouged. Minor bubbling to rear board hinges reinforced. Moderate toning to interior occasional light foxing mostly to margins light soiling in a few places somewhat heavier to title page and final leaf light creasing to margins of a few leaves. Ownership signature "David Brown" and early annotation to title page additional ownership inscription "Geo: Martin- from a friend-" to head of p. 1 later and early manuscript corrections and additions some quite extensive in a few places affected by trimming on p. 22 of the second section only. $450. First edition. An important figure in Scottish law and letters Dalrymple Lord Hailes 3rd Baronet of Hailes was an advocate judge and historian. The present work is one of the earliest comprehensive biographies of the members of the Court of Session. It was revised and expanded twice in 1794 and 1798. The annotations and corrections to our copy mostly to the Catalogue both follow the pasted-in errata slip and add some 39 names from 1775-1816. OCLC locates 4 copies of the first edition in law libraries Harvard Yale University of Cincinnati University of Virginia. English Short-Title Catalogue T117992. unknown books
1757réf. 739411757. Decisions of the Court of Session 1735-1796 Scotland. Court of Session. Decisions of the Court of Session From the Month of November MDCCXXXV. Edinburgh: Printed by G. Hamilton & J. Balfour 1757. ii 2 216 pp. Lacking second part pp. 217-460 covering decisions from 1739-1744. With Davidson Robert Compiler. Douglas David Compiler. Decisions of the Court of Session From November 1792 to July 1793. By Appointment of the Faculty of Advocates. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute 1794. ii 155 1 9 3 pp. With an appendix and index. Complete. And Davidson Robert Compiler. Douglas David Compiler. Decisions of the Court of Session From November 1794 to July 1795. By Appointment of the Faculty of Advocates. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute 1796. ii 293-434 2 2 pp. With an appendix and index. Complete. Publisher advertisement to verso of title page. And Davidson Robert Compiler. Douglas David Compiler. Decisions of the Court of Session From November 1792-July 1796. By Appointment of the Faculty of Advocates. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute 1798. ii 435-538; 13-23 25 pp. Lacking first parts pp. 1-434 covering decisions from 1792-1795 and corresponding portion of appendix. Publisher advertisements to final leaf. Folio 13-1/2" x 8". Together four items housed in attractive 14-1/4" x 8-3/4" quarter imitation morocco clamshell case with raised bands and lettering pieces to spine. Original plain wrappers item 4: recent wrappers edges untrimmed items 2 and 3 have contrasting paper spines with printed labels. Light soiling to wrappers spines of items 2 and 3 worn spine ends abraded. Light toning occasional light soiling and spotting a few cracks to text blocks all leaves secure minor worming to last quarter of item 1 without loss to legibility. $450. The Court of Session is Scotland's supreme civil court. The Faculty of Advocates is a body of advocates lawyers admitted to practice in the courts of Scotland. Primarily issued in parts the decisions included here span time frames from 1735-1739 1792-1793 1794-1795 and 1795-1796 with the Court's term lasting from June to November. The first compilation presumably the first of two parts has been attributed by some to Lord Kames 1696-1782 the leading Scott. unknown books
1832réf. 729711832. Executed after a Failed Insurrection Trial. Scotland. Mackenzie Peter 1799-1875. Wilson James Defendant 1760-1820. The Trial of James Wilson For High Treason With an Account of His Execution at Glasgow September 1820 Etc. Etc. Now Respectfully Submitted to the Consideration of the Reformers of Glasgow By Their Faithful and Devoted Servant The Exposer of the Spy System &c. &c. Glasgow: Printed and Published by Muir Gowans & Co. 1832. 48 pp. 3 parts in one with continuous pagination. Octavo 8" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning more moderate to pp. 17-32 light foxing and soiling in a few places. $450. Only edition issued first as three parts and then a composite edition. Wilson a Scottish radical and would-be revolutionary led a march on Glasgow after being fed information by British government spies who claimed that England was in the midst of an insurrection and that the French were assisting the rebels. This was not the case and upon his return Wilson was arrested and executed in August of 1820. Mackenzie was a journalist who wrote about the British infiltration of radical networks. OCLC locates 11 copies of this title 4 in North America Harvard Princeton New York Public Library Queens University. Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature 27585. unknown
1832réf. 729711832. Executed after a Failed Insurrection Trial. Scotland. Mackenzie Peter 1799-1875. Wilson James Defendant 1760-1820. The Trial of James Wilson For High Treason With an Account of His Execution at Glasgow September 1820 Etc. Etc. Now Respectfully Submitted to the Consideration of the Reformers of Glasgow By Their Faithful and Devoted Servant The Exposer of the Spy System &c. &c. Glasgow: Printed and Published by Muir Gowans & Co. 1832. 48 pp. 3 parts in one with continuous pagination. Octavo 8" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning more moderate to pp. 17-32 light foxing and soiling in a few places. $450. Only edition issued first as three parts and then a composite edition. Wilson a Scottish radical and would-be revolutionary led a march on Glasgow after being fed information by British government spies who claimed that England was in the midst of an insurrection and that the French were assisting the rebels. This was not the case and upon his return Wilson was arrested and executed in August of 1820. Mackenzie was a journalist who wrote about the British infiltration of radical networks. OCLC locates 11 copies of this title 4 in North America Harvard Princeton New York Public Library Queens University. Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature 27585. unknown books
1747réf. 1502190003Edinburgh : Printed for Gideon Crawfurd Bookseller 1747-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine binding. Octavo. 178 203 p. Bound in modern 3/4 light brown leather. Gilt ruled red leather spine label. Marbled boards. New end pages. Fine binding and cover. Pages lightly tanned. Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1745 Archibald Stewart tried to organize an effective defense of Edinburgh against Prince Charles Edward who attempted to retake the English and Scottish crowns in the Jacobite Uprising in 1745. He felt it treason to raise troop without the King's warrant and sent for the King's Sanction. This request was granted and received 8 days prior Prince Charles entered Edinburgh. However though troops were raised Charles entered the city without much difficultly after negotiations failed. Stewart was afterwards arrested and taken before the Privy Council in London on 7 Dec. The consent of the House of Commons to his detention having been obtained on 10 Dec. he was imprisoned in the Tower from 13 Dec. 1745 till 23 Jan. 1747 when he was released on bail. Charged with neglect of duty and misbehavior in the execution of his office he was found not guilty on 2 Nov. 1747 after a protracted trial in Edinburgh. Though Stewart was marked by the Whigs as a traitor among some of his supporters was David Hume who wrote a pamphlet in 1748 called The True Account of the Behaviour and Conduct of the Archibald Stewart Esq. It was found later that what allowed Prince Charles to overtake the city with virtually no opposition was that the 2nd deputation upon returning from another failed negotiation was followed by Donald Cameron of Lochiel with half the Prince's army and upon the gate being lifted to allow them to enter Lochiel seized the opportunity and stormed the gate taking the city bloodlessly. Edinburgh : Printed for Gideon Crawfurd Bookseller hardcover
1690réf. 6292Edinburgh: Printed by George Mosman issues 1-14; The Relict of George Mosman issues 15-18; The Relict of Andrew Anderson issues 19-23; The Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson issue 24; The Successors of Andrew Anderson issues 25-29; Thomas Lumisden and Company issue 30; Mr James Davidson and Robert Fleming issues 31-33 1690. 33 issues bound as 2 folio various paginations. Issues 21 1714 and 33 1726 each lacking final leaf of index. Contemporary panelled vol. 1 or marbled vol. 2 calf spines divided by raised bands between double gilt rules red and green morocco labels. Some scattered toning and soiling a number of gatherings in vol. 1 sprung but all present 2 leaves torn without loss. A little rubbed and scratched pastedowns in vol 1 lifted. A near-continuous run of the printed issues of the acts passed by the General Assembly the governing body of the Church of Scotland which has met annually to deliberate and legislate throughout the Church’s history. The run included here dates from 1690 when the Presbyterian governance of the church was enacted in Scots law to formalise the exclusion of the episcopal structure that had been controversially reintroduced after the Restoration to 1726 a few years before the First Succession of 1733 - a turbulent period in which the interaction between Church law and civil law was a live issue. The bindings of varying leather styles but with matching labels are probably the publisher’s - contemporary ads indicate that groups of issues were sold bound. Printed by George Mosman [issues 1-14]; The Relict of George Mosman [issues 15-18]; The Relict of Andrew Anderson [issues 19-23] hardcover
1791réf. C65234Edinburgh: No Publisher Noted "" Printed In The Year 1791."" 1791. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 4to pp. 38. Bound in quarter dark brown leather and marbled borads lettered gilt at the spine. The anonymous book pamphlet gives arguments from history and use that the Prince of Wales later George IV held the titles of Duke of Rothesay Earl of Carrick etc. in the Peerage of Scotland. It also deals with charges that these had lapsed. With the armorial bookplate of Prince Henry Duke of Gloucester 1900-1974 the third son of King George V and Queen Mary. He served as Governor-General of Australia from 1945 to 1947. On the front endpaper is written ""To HRH the Prince of Scotland with humble duty of The Keeper of the Seal of The Principlaity of Scotland Dunedin November 27 1922."" Dunedin = Andrew Graham Murray 1st Viscount Dunedin GCVO PC 1849 Ã 21942 Scottish politician and judge and one time Secretary of Scotland. The title of Prince of Scotland is given to the heir to the British throne in 1922 this was the future Edward VIII eldest son of George V. Very good indeed.Spine slightly rubbed endpapers very slightly ink marked. No Publisher Noted "" Printed In The Year, 1791."" hardcover
réf. 12560Scotland and England; 1796 and 1797. The background to the collection is simply stated. On the death of the 15th Earl of Glencairn in 1796 the title became dormant. It was claimed by Fergusson praised by Boswell but dismissed by Johnson as 'a vile Whig' and derided by Burns as 'aith-detesting chaste Kilkerran' as heir of the line of the 10th Earl. Fergusson's claim was opposed by Sir Walter Montgomery Cunningham of Corshill as presumed heir male along with Lady Henriet Don sister of the 15th Earl and wife of Sir Alexander Don of Newton Don Roxburghshire. On 14 July 1797 the House of Lords Committee of Privileges chaired by the Lord Chancellor Lord Rosslyn took a view unfavourable to all the claimants and adjudged that while Sir Adam Fergusson had shown himself to be the heir-general of the 10th Earl he had not made out his right to the title. All six items in manuscript and the collection in fair condition on aged and dusty paper with occasional wear to extremities. ONE. 'The Humble Petition of Sir Adam Fergusson of Kilkerran Baronet.' 2pp. foolscap 8vo. Dated 'Ad: Fergusson. Whitehall 21st. Novr. 1796.' Noting that Fergusson's claim to 'the Title & Dignity of Earl Glencairn of & Ld. Kilmaurs' has been 'consented by the Duke of Portland by His Majy's Command and read and referred to the Committee of Privileges'. TWO. 'Evidence to be produced for Lady Harriet Don'. 3pp. 4to. Docketed 'List of the Evidence to be produced for Lady Harriett Don 1 April 1797'. Twelve items described in detail with most crossed through. THREE. Anonymous notes on the 'Glencairn Peerage Comittee. of Privileges'. Dated 23 May 1797. 4pp. foolscap 8vo. FOUR. 'Evidence produced for Lady Harriet Don To prove that in 1671 John 11th. Earl of Glencairn succeeded his brother Alexander 10th. Earl of Glencairn in the Estate & title of Glencairn in preference to Lady Margaret the daughter of the sd. Earl Alexander and that Lady Harriet Don is lineally descended from said John Earl of Glencairn. Mr. John Spottiswoode was called in and having been sworn Produced seven numbered items described in detail'. 3pp. foolscap 8vo. FIVE. 'Judgement on the Glencairn Claim of Peerage' by 'George Rose Cler Parliamentor'. 14 July 1797. 1p. foolscap 8vo. SIX. Anonymous 'Memorandum. of Evidence Glencairn'. Late eighteenth century. 2pp. foolscap 8vo. Listing seventeen items. Note: Wikipedia "On the death of the fifteenth earl in 1796 there existing no original Letters Patent of the creation nor a given remainder in the various confirmations in title of previous earls the title became dormantThe earldom was claimed by Sir Adam Fergusson of Kilkerran Bt. as heir of line of Alexander 10th Earl of Glencairn and was opposed by Sir Walter Montgomery Cunningham of Corshill Bt. as presumed heir male along with Lady Henriet Don sister of the last earl and wife of Sir Alexander Don of Newton Don Roxburghshire. The House of Lords Committee of Privileges on 14 July 1797 chaired by the Lord Chancellor Lord Rosslyn in deciding the claim of the first-named took a view unfavourable to all the claimants and adjudged that while Sir Adam Fergusson had shown himself to be the heir-general of Alexander 10th Earl of Glencairn who died in 1670 he had not made out his right to the title. However the decision was severely criticised by the jurist John Riddell in the 19th century and by Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk Officer of Arms in the 20th." Scotland and England; 1796 and 1797. unknown
First Edition, folio, lacks the engraved portrait of Charles 1, with the final colophon leaf, [2], 430, [2] pp., contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, label. Edited by W. Balconquhall, the work contains key declarations and documents relating to the events in Scotland, which subsequently led to the outbreak of Civil War in England. It was answered by W. Ker in "A True Representation of the Prceedings of the Kingdome of Scotland," 1640. S.T.C., 21906. The issue with the side note on page 41.
réf. Z1-I-024-01273Brown and Ferguson. Used - Acceptable. Used - Acceptable. Barcode page removed. Sticker on cover. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library with wear and barcode page may have been removed. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Brown and Ferguson unknown
19715 vols., 8vo., with very numerous fine illustrations throughout; red cloth, a near fine set. EDITION LIMITED TO 250 COPIES. Much-needed facsimile re-issue of the scarce original edition of 1887-92.
