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[GRANT, William, Lord Prestongrange]
The occasional writer: being an answer to the second manifesto of the Pretender's eldest son ... 2nd edition, later sprinkled calf, by Pratt, 8vo., London: Cooper, 1746
[BURTON John]
A genuine and true journal of the most miraculous escape of the Young Chevalier, from the Battle of Culloden, to his landing in France ... Contemporary boards, later rebacking, 8vo., London: for B.A., 1749
Note: By the antiquary and physician John Burton, who himself was taken prisoner by the rebels. He produced a successful work on midwifery and is thought o have been characterised by Sterne as Dr. Slop in Tristram Shandy.
ANON
The flight of the Pretender, with advice to the poets: a poem, in the Arthurial,-Jobical,-Elizabethical style and phrase of the sublime poet Maurus ... Later half calf, marbled boards, 8vo., London: Lintott, [n.d.., 1708]
Note: Foxon F170 Bound with A collection of poems for and against Dr. Sacheverell,London,1710
[SINCLAIR John, Master of Sinclair] A true account of the proceedings at Perth: the debates of the secret council there: with the reasons and causes of the suddain finishing and breaking up of the Rebellion, written by a rebel ... 2nd edition,with half-title, later quarter calf, marbled boards, 8vo., London: Baker & Warner, 1716
Note: Moore Defoe 348 Sometimes attributed to Defoe
A report from the Commissioners appointed to enquire of the estates of certain traitors, etc. in that part of Great Britain called Scotland ... 1st edition, contemporary blind panelled calf, paper a little browned throughout, folio, London: Baskett, 1717
SKEET Francis John Angus
Stuart papers, pictures, relics, medals and books in the collection of Miss Maria Widdrington ... 1st edition, plates, publisher's cloth, small 4to., Leeds: Harleian and Catholic Record Societies, 1930 and another [7]
Note: No 82 of 375 copies, signed by the author.
Provenance: the late Peter Nelson Esq