£625
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography | 575
Auction: 9 October 2019 at 12:00 BST
London: J. Baker, 1714. First edition, 8vo, [xxx], 403, without initial blank leaf, early 19th century half calf, [ESTC N39674, 4 copies UK, 4 in N. America], very extensively annotated, with names in text denoted by initials completed in manuscript
Note: Extensive marginal annotations, ending with a note on p. 403 "The silly, helpless, poor, divided Scots as they were before their Union with England are new increased in strength & riches... in their trade & peace twentyfold & their Valour employ'd to good ends, viz in helping to conquer Canada, 1759"