£480
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs | 562
Auction: 19 June 2019 at 12:00 BST
1) [Anon.] [Caption title:] Supplement to the history of the Edinburgh regiment. [Edinburgh: 1778.] 4to; 2 pp., (a supplement to a larger Essay in vol. 53)
2) [Anon.] [Caption title:] To the citizens of Edinburgh. [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; (2) pp., signed at the end, "Benevolus. Edinburgh, Spt. 22, 1780." [ESTC: 1 copy only]
3) [Anon.] A letter to the town-council and citizens of Edinburgh/ [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; 8 pp., signed and dated at the end, "Horatio. Edinburgh, Sept. 9th, 1780.", [ESTC: 1 copy only]
4) [Anon.] [Caption title:] Shorter and truer reflections than those of yesterday upon the new mode of peuthering in this city. [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; 2 pp., signed and dated at the end: "A Captain of the Train Bands. Edinburgh, Sept. 13, 1780." [Not listed in the ESTC, Copac, or WorldCat]
5) [Anon.] [Caption title:] To the citizens of Edinburgh. [Edinburgh: 1780.] 8vo; 4 pp., signed and dated at the end: "Hammerman. September 17 [1780].", [Not listed in the ESTC]
6) Reflections on the different Modes of Proceeding by which Sir Laurence Dundas, Bart. and William Miller, Esq., Advocate, were returned as Members of Parliament for the City of Edinburgh. 4to, 4pp., dated Edinburgh, Sept. 22, 1780, at end
7) [Caption title:] To the Citizens of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Sept. 26 1780. 4to, 8pp., signed Cato at end, [not listed in the ESTC]
8) [Anon.] [Caption title:] An address to the citizens and inhabitants of Edinburgh, upon the constitution of the borough. [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; 8 pp., dated at end, "Edinburgh, Sept. 26. 1780.", [ESTC: 1 copy only]
9) [Anon.] Calumny detected. [Edinburgh: 1780.} 4to; (2), 10 pp., drop-head title and first lines of text on p. 1, dated on p. 10: Edinburgh, Sept. 29. 1780, [ESTC: 2 copies]
10) [Anon.] A narrative of the late riots at Edinburgh; and a vindication of its magistracy, against the charges advanced in the memorial for the Papists of Scotland. [Edinburgh: 1779.] 4to; 28 pp., [ESTC: L only]
11) [Anon.] A vindication of the influence of the peerage over the election of commoners. [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; 4 pp., signed and dated at the end: "Priuli. Edin. Sept. 29, 1780", [ESTC: E only]
12) [Anon.] [Caption title:] To the public. [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; 4 pp., signed "A Citizen" at the end, but not dated, [not found in the ESTC]
13) [Anon.] [Caption title:] Supplement to Falsehoods Detected. [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; 7 pp., [Not in the ESTC (nor is Falshoods Detected)]
14) [B., A.] To the citizens of Edinburgh. [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; 7 pp., signed at the end, "A. B.", [ESTC: L only]
15) [Anon.] [Caption title:] To the public. [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; 4 pp. , [not signed or dated; difficult to locate in the ESTC]
16) [Anon.] [Caption title.] To the inhabitants of Edinburgh. Fellow citizens, every good man must observe, with regret, that spirit of party and contention which has unhappily been diffused by the dispute concerning a member to represent you in parliament. . . . [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; 12 pp., signed at the end," Moderation and Spirit.', [ESTC: E only]
17) [Anon.] To the public. [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; 7 pp., Text begins: "In the political contests which now agitate the metropolis...", [ESTC: E only (but not a "drop-head title," as stated)]
18) [Anon.] [Caption title:] Remarks on the pretended town-council's Address to the Public, containing an attempt to justify the prostitution of the funds of the community to political jobs. [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; 7 pp., [ESTC: L only]
19) A Letter to the Author of Calumny Detected. 4to, [2], 2, Edinburgh, Oct. 2 1780
20) [Smith, Adam.] To the public, from a member of the town-council. [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; 8 pp., signed and dated at the end, "Adam Smith. Edin. October 5, 1780." [Adam Smith was one of eight "Extraordinary Council Deacons."], [ESTC: E only]
21) [Anon.] An address to the citizens of Edinburgh. [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; 12 pp., signed and dated at the end, "Sidney. Edin. October 10, 1780," [ESTC: E only]
22) [Anon.] [Caption title:] To the trades of Edinburgh. [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; 4 pp., signed and dated at the end, "A tradesman. Edin. October 10, 1780." [ESTC: Not listed. Copac: E]
23) [Anon.] Calumny exemplified. [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; 8 pp., signed and dated at the end, "Carnifez. Edinburgh, Oct. 11, 1780, ' [ESTC: E only]
24) [Anon.] [Caption title:] To the public. [Edinburgh: 178-.] 4to; 3 pp., signed and dated at the end, Horatio. Edinburgh, November 20, 1780, [Not in the ESTC or Copac]
25) [Edinburgh. Town Council.] Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the petition and complaint of William Scott, Esq; Treasurer; George Leslie, Esq; Old Bailie [and many others]. [Edinburgh: 1780]. 4to; 30 pp., dated at the top of the first page, November 28, 1780, [ESTC: O only. This copy lacks the last leaf, pp. (29)-30, which is dated at the top, Edinburgh, November 30, 1780]
26) [Anon.] A short account of the elections at Edinburgh. [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; (2), 9 pp., [ESTC: L, E]
27) Narrative and extracts of the proceedings relative to the election of a member of Parliament for the city of Edinburgh, on the 16th September 1780; [Edinburgh: 1780.] 4to; 111 pp., at the top of the first page in Ms, "Ja. Hunter Blair Esqr." who figures prominently in the text; there are a few small MS corrections (of dates), [ESTC: E, O], 27 works in one volume, 4to, contemporary quarter calf with vellum tips, red morocco label "Miscellanies" on spine, numbered "54" in gilt on spine, bookplate of Sir William Forbes Bart. of Pitsligo