£875
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Auction: 17 June 2020 at 11:00 BST
Lectures on Logarithms addressed to the Scholars of Merchiston Academy, by one of "Neper's Bones". Edinburgh, 1866. 6 lectures bound in one volume, bound with 2 others, maroon half morocco gilt; One extract and several printed letters to newspapers relating to Edinburgh Castle, one by Lord Napier and Ettrick and 3 manuscript letters loose at end, including one to Horatia [Stafford] from Lord Napier relating to Queen Victoria's invitation to a banquet in honour of the Empress of Russia, maroon half morocco gilt, Lord Napier's bookplate; Bridgman, Elijah C. A Funeral Sermon, occasioned by the Death of the Right Honorable Lord Napier. Canton, 1834, half calf, bookplate of Lord Napier, slightly rubbed (3)