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4to. xlvii,(1),108pp. Original blue cloth, gilt spine titles and blocked in gilt on the upper board with title and vignette of a mitre. The Epistolare is preceded by the Kalendarium Aberdonense (1527), printed in red and black. The Kalendar and Epistolary are edited by Rev. Bruce McEwen; the Preface is contributed by W. A. Curtis and the Introduction by Francis E. Eeles. This book forms a complete edition of the very fine manuscript Epistolary written at Antwerp, in 1527, as the text itself bears witness, for Aberdeen Cathedral, to the order of Gavin Dunbar, Bishop of Aberdeen. A fine, bright copy. The scarce dustwrapper is present; it is lightly soiled, rough along the top and bottom, with a closed tars at the rear hinge, else very good. Text of the Epistolary is in Latin.
Epistolare in Usum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Aberdonensis
(Aberdeen Epistolary)
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1924.
Price: $150.00
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12mo. iv, 190pp. Remnants of full calf binding. Mostly in Latin with a section of the appendices in English. There are only two leather remnants of the original binding left on the boards, but enough to confirm a simple binding with a blind rule around the edges. The spine has perished completely leaving the sewing exposed, and with the boards hanging on only by worn cords. The ffep is gone, but the rfep is present. Given its history, no attempt has been made to stabilize or repair the binding; instead it has been housed in a custom clamshell case to protect it in the condition is has come down to us. A survival of the Catholic Mission to Scotland. With the Scottish Reformation, the old Catholic hierarchy of Scotland ended with the death of the Archbishop of Glasgow in 1603. Thereafter the Roman Church designated Scotland a Missionary Territory. Catholics went underground and those caught practicing the Old Religion were imprisoned or killed. Catholic rituals such as this one were destroyed. It is no wonder that the sources are unsure of the place of printing or the name of the publisher and only guess at Edinburgh. Nor is it a surprise to find the book small enough to be concealed easily on one's person. It is well used, and a very scarce survival of a difficult period. The Catholic Scottish hierarchy was not restored until 1878 when conditions had changed sufficiently to allow it. Only one copy listed in OCLC; another edition, printed in London in the same year, has also only a single listing. ESTC T202694. Truly rare.
Epitome Ritualis Romani, In Usum Missionum Scotiae.
(Catholic Church: Scottish Mission)
Edinburgh (?): (unk), 1783.
Price: $2,500.00
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8vo. 568pp. Illustrated with 275 engravings "giving views of chief towns, public buildings, relics of antiquity, historical localities, natural scenery, &c., &c." Original cloth boards blocked in blind with an intricate border, and with the title in gilt on a central lozenge. Rebacked to style in black leather, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, red leather lettering label, gilt. Folding hand-colored map in read is complete, showing a view of the British Isles and another of Europe. Rebacked, boards rubbed, inner hinges repaired, bottom corner of title page remargined (no loss), occasional neat old library stamp on the reverse of plates, else a good copy and quite uncommon.
European Historical Collections; Comprising England, Scotland, with Holland, Belgium, and Part of France.
Barber, John W.
New Haven: John W. Barber, 1855.
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Eastwood: Notes on the Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the Parish
Campbell, Rev. George
Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1902.
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12mo. 300,(xxxiv)pp. Contemporary full sheep. Spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, with simple gilt rules and vignettes; red lettering label, gilt. Old neat hinge repairs, spine lightly worn and lettering label chipped, else a very good copy. Armorial bookplate of Coleman O. Parsons. The first edition of this history was printed in 1655. Lowndes, p. 675. who reports that Ben Jonson thought of Drummond as a 'Scotian Petrarch'. ESTC T62272.
The History of Scotland From the Year 1423 to ... 1542 Containing the Lives and Reigns of James I. II. III. IV. and V.
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden
Glasgow: R. Urie, 1749.
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4to. Six volumes: Two volumes in six. 192;193-384;385-576;577-616,(5)-152;153-344;345-532pp. Publisher's black cloth with gilt seal on the upper boards and gilt spine titles; the seal repeated on the lower boards in blind. Title pages in red and black. Several engraved frontispieces to each volume. Yellow coated endpapers. Each volume neatly rebacked with the original spine laid down; occasional light foxing to the engravings, monastic library stamp on the front free endpapers else a very good set. Volume two reproduces the scarce "The Twopenny Faith" Catechism of 1558.
Scotichronicon: Comprising Bishop Keith's Catalogue of Scottish Bishops, Enlarged, with Reeves' and Godall's Treatises on the Culdees
Gordon, Rev. J. F. S.
Glasgow: John Tweed, 1867.
Price: $350.00
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Folio. 737,(i) pp plus 22pp index. Contemporary full leather; spine in six compartments with raised bands, the compartments intricately gilt except for the compartment containing the red leather lettering piece, gilt. Light wear to corners and hinge, title page dusty with some old signatures, else a near fine copy. In Latin. Lowndes quotes Lord Woodhouselee, who call this a "work of great merit, whether we consider the judicious structure of the narrative, the sagacity of the reflections, the acute discernment of characters, or the classical tincture of the style." (p. 1223.) Contains much matter relating to the early history of Scotland, with several pages devoted to Mary, Queen of Scots.
Historia Rerum Britannicarum ut et Mulicarum Gallicarum, Belgicarum, & Germanicarum, tam Politicarum. quam Ecclesiasticarum, ab Anno 1572, ad Annum 1628:: Auctore Roberto Johnstono, Scoto-Britannico
Johnston, Robert
Amstelaedami: Sumptibus Joannis Ravesteynii, 1655.
Price: $750.00
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8vo. iv,248,(ii),100,pp. Two works bound in one Contemporary full calf binding; spine in six compartments with raised bands, tooled in blind with gilt lines; the upper board blocked in gilt with a prize notice with leaf borders: "Praemium Ingenii Artibus Liberalibus Feliciter Dediti in Academia Glasguensi". Marbled endpapers. Only a trace of wear else a very good copy.
England Wales, and Scotland
Kohl, J. G.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844.
Price: $750.00
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8vo. iv,248,(ii),100,(ii),202pp. 32pp. publisher catalogue. Three works bound in one, the last titled at its beginning, England and Wales". Original greenish-brown T-grain cloth blocked in blind on the boards and with gilt spine titles. coated endpapers. Hinges neatly and nearly invisibly mended, head and tail of the spine worn, light wear to the edges and corners, else a very good copy.
Ireland, Scotland, and England
Kohl, J. G.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844.
Price: $750.00
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Highways and Byways in The Border
Lang, Andrew and John
London: Macmillan and Co., 1913.
Price: $250.00
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12mo. (8),191,(1)pp. Original pebble grain cloth blocked in blind and gilt; yellow coated endpapers. Light soil, wear to the cloth, ownership name and pencilled notes on the front endpapers, else a very good copy. The author's poetry is in Scots Gaelc; this is followed (at p. 111) by the Sketch regarding Ossian in English,
Duain Ghaelic ... With a Brief Sketch Proving the Authenticity of Ossian's Poems
Livingstone, William (Uilleam Mac Dhun-Leibhe
Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart, 1858.
Price: $250.00
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4to. The third edition, revised and greatly enlarged. (xii),404,(viii)pp. Intriguing study of the manners, religion, languages, government, kings law and other aspects of the Britons, Scots, Irish and Anglo-Saxons. Short sections on the Druids, and a section on Gildas. Vocabulary list comparing Latin, Irish and English. Bound to style in quarter leather; spine has simple gilt rules, a red leather lettering piece, gilt, and tooled in blind with a crown, a thistle, a Celtic harp and a spray of shamrocks; marbled paper boards. Occasional light foxing, title lightly soiled and with two short closed tears, else a very good copy. Ownership name dated 1866 in Hamilton, Ohio. ESTC N17038
An Introduction to the History of Great Britain and Ireland:Or, An Inquiry into the ... Britons, Irish, Scots and Anglo-Saxons.
Macpherson, James
London: T. Becket & P. A. De Hondt, 1773.
Price: $1,500.00
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The Poems of Ossian
Macpherson, James
Edinburgh: Macredie, Skelly & Muckersy, 1814.
Price: $125.00
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The Poems of Ossian
Macpherson, James
Edinburgh: 1792.
Price: $275.00
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The Poems of Ossian
Macpherson, James
London: A. Straham & T. Cadell, 1796.
Price: $275.00
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8vo. First US edition. vii,(6),12-502pp, with p. 529 misnumbered as p. 527. Original full marbled sheep; spine with simple gilt rules and with a red lettering piece, gilt. Some mainly marginal staining at the beginning and the end, signatures F through L show a bit of marginal insect damage (no loss) else a very good copy. Though stated on the title that this is a 'New Edition' it is likely after the second London edition of 1790 but still the first printing in the US.
The Poems of Ossian, the Son of Fingal
Macpherson, James, transl.
Philadelphia: Thomas Lang, 1790.
Price: $400.00
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Scottish History & Life
Paton, James, ed.,
Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons, Publishers to the University, 1902.
Price: $250.00
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12mo. iv, 232pp. Contemporary speckled calf. Spine in 6 compartments, intricately gilt with red and green lettering labels, gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate of a seminary library on the front pastedown with neat numbers in the lowest spine compartments. Hinges neatly and nearly invisibly repaired else a fine copy. Engraved slihouette frontispiece and engraved vignettes in the text. Lowndes, p. 2099.
The Caledonian Muse: A Chronological Selection of Scotish (sic) Poetry from the Earliest Times
Ritson, Joseph
London: Robert Triphook, 1821.
Price: $250.00
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2 volumes. Extraordinarily large paper copy, uncut in original merbelled paper boards, leather spine and corners. 94 engravings on India paper, plus engraved title pages. Leather spines restored with original backstrips laid-on. Paper labels slightly rubbed. Plates offset to facing text pages, but plates are fine and fresh. A beautiful set and scarce in this fine condition. Illustrations of remarkable incidents in border history and tradition, and original poetry by Scott.
The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture....
Scott, Sir Walter
London: Longman, Hurst, 1814.
Price: $1,000.00
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First edition. 8vo. Black cloth blocked in silver. A fine copy. Dustwrapper is also fine and not price-clipped. Historical novel of Scot John Blaw, who, unable to become a turncoat, supports Bonnie Prince Charlie and courts death.
Checkmate
Stewart, Rosemary
New York: Vantage Press, (1991).
Price: $100.00
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