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ANDREW of WYNTOUN (?1350-?1420). De Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland, London: T. Besley, 1895. 2 volumes, 8° (228 x 140mm). (A few light scattered spots.) Later tan morocco, spines lettered in gilt (lightly rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Sir Alex Bannerman (ink signature on titles); Patrick Irvine (bookplate). FIRST EDITION.
HOME, John. (1722-1808). The History of the Rebellion in the Year 1745, London: A. Strahan for T. Cadell jun. & W. Davies, 1802. 4° (263 x 202mm). Engraved map, 3 plans and engraved portrait. (Occasional light spotting and browning.) Contemporary green calf, spine gilt with lettering-piece (lightly rubbed with scuff marks). FIRST EDITION. Lowndes 1096: "A work sufficiently complete in details, yet written with considerable interest and vivacity, and with something even of the dignity of history".
With Sir David Dalrymple's Annals of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1819, 3 vols., third edition), John Bellenden's translation of Hector Boethius' The History and Chronicles of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1821, 2 vols.), James Aikman's The History of Scotland (Glasgow, 1827, 4 vols.), A Chronicle of the Kings of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1830), James Browne's A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans (Glasgow, 1838, 4 vol.) and Robert Chambers' Domestic Annals of Scotland (Edinburgh 1859, 3 vols., second edition). (20)
HOME, John. (1722-1808). The History of the Rebellion in the Year 1745, London: A. Strahan for T. Cadell jun. & W. Davies, 1802. 4° (263 x 202mm). Engraved map, 3 plans and engraved portrait. (Occasional light spotting and browning.) Contemporary green calf, spine gilt with lettering-piece (lightly rubbed with scuff marks). FIRST EDITION. Lowndes 1096: "A work sufficiently complete in details, yet written with considerable interest and vivacity, and with something even of the dignity of history".
With Sir David Dalrymple's Annals of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1819, 3 vols., third edition), John Bellenden's translation of Hector Boethius' The History and Chronicles of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1821, 2 vols.), James Aikman's The History of Scotland (Glasgow, 1827, 4 vols.), A Chronicle of the Kings of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1830), James Browne's A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans (Glasgow, 1838, 4 vol.) and Robert Chambers' Domestic Annals of Scotland (Edinburgh 1859, 3 vols., second edition). (20)
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