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THE 1745 REBELLION -- [George MURRAY, Lord (1694-1760)]. A Particular Account of the Battle of Culloden. April 16, 1746. London: T. Warner, 1749. One of two 8° editions. A 12° edition was also published the same year. [Bound with:] A Letter to the Right Honourable the E[ar]l of T[raqua]r. London: R. Freeman, [?1746]. ONLY EDITION. On the conduct of Charles Stuart, the fifth Earl of Traquair during the 1745 rebellion. SCARCE. [and:] [Thomas SAVAGE (fl. 1746)]. A Summary Account of the Marches, Behaviour and Plunder of the Rebels ... by an eye witness. London: T. Sowle, 1746. RARE. 4 copies of this London edition are located in ESTC. RARE. There was also a Dublin piracy (2 copies recorded). [and:] A Letter from a Gentleman at Edinburgh to his Correspondent at London concerning affairs in Scotland. London: J. English, 1745. (Without half-title.) ONLY EDITION. SCARCE. [and:] [John WILLISON (1680-1750)]. A Letter to an English Member of Parliament from a Gentleman in Scotland concerning the Slavish Dependencies which .... that Nation is still kept under by Superiorities, Wards, Reliefs and other remains of the Feudal Law. London: M. Cooper, 1746. Second edition. Kress 4838.
Together 5 works in one volume, 8° (190 x 115mm), bound with 4 others. Late 19th-century half calf (extremities rubbed). Two of the unlisted tracts, published in 1736, concern the trial of John Porteous; while 2 others are memoirs of the Young Pretender and Lord Lovat.
Together 5 works in one volume, 8° (190 x 115mm), bound with 4 others. Late 19th-century half calf (extremities rubbed). Two of the unlisted tracts, published in 1736, concern the trial of John Porteous; while 2 others are memoirs of the Young Pretender and Lord Lovat.
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