£575
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 589
Auction: 19 February 2020 at 10:00 GMT
[Willison, John] A Letter to an English Member of Parliament from a Gentleman in Scotland... London: M. Cooper, 1746. [ESTC T67599, Anonymous, but by John Willison; sometimes also attributed to William Logan and to John Ker]; A Letter from a Gentleman at R---...to a Friend at L-----. London: W. Jones, 1718. Half-title [ESTC T146982, listing 5 copies in UK libraries and one in North America]; An Ample Disquisition into the Nature of Regalities... London: M. Cooper, 1747. A little dust-soiling [ESTC N14905]; Turnbull, P[atrick] A Cursory View of the Ancient and Present State of the Fieffs or Tenures in both parts of the United Kingdom of Great-Britain. London: M. Cooper, [1747]. [ESTC T144566]; The Rise of the Present Unnatural Rebellion... London: J. Collyer, 1745. [ESTC T152172, listing 4 UK copies, one copy in Germany and one in North America]; [Murray, George] A Particular Account of the Battle of Culloden. London: T. Warner, 1749. Half-title, [ESTC T140768]; [Griffiths, Ralph] Ascanius; or, the Young Adventurer. London: G. Smith, [1746]. [ESTC T22533]; [Burton, John - 'An Englishman'] A genuine and true Journal of the most miraculous Escape of the Young Chevalier. London: B.A., 1749. [ESTC T40755, reports "possibly a piracy"]; 'Gentleman Residing at Paris' An Authentic Account of the Conduct of the Young Chevalier... London: Nutt..., 1749. [ESTC N4588]; [Drop-head title] A Bill to Amend and render more Effectual an Act...intituled An Act for the more effectual Disarming of the Highlands in Scotland... [Edinburgh, 1748?] [ESTC T225921, listing only 2 copies of this variant]; all 8vo, bound together in contemporary quarter calf
Provenance: From the library of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, with bookplate