Lot 108
Scottish poetry and history
Collection of works, 18th-19th century
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Robertson, Alexander, of Struan. Poems on Various Subjects and Occasions. Mostly taken from his own Original Manuscripts. Edinburgh: for Ch. Alexander, and sold at his house, c.1750. First edition, 8vo, [4] 360 pp., contemporary sprinkled calf, 19th-century spine labels, bookplate of Sir William Fraser (1816-1898), Scottish antiquarian, 2E2 a cancel (detaching from stub);
Johnston, James (editor). The Norwegian Account of Haco's Expedition against Scotland; A. D. MCCLXIII. now first published, in the original Islandic, from the Flateyan and Frisian MSS. with a literal English version and Notes. [Copenhagen]: printed for the author, 1782. First edition, large 8vo, edges untrimmed, the imposition such that ff. 1-4 of each quire measure 25 x 16cm and ff. 5-8 approx. 25 x 11.5cm;
and 9 others (these not collated), including: Sir James Dalrymple, Collections concerning the Scottish History, Edinburgh, 1705 (first edition, 19th-century morocco gilt, bookplate of George Seton Veitch); William Buchanan of Auchmar, The History of the Ancient Surname of Buchanan, Glasgow, 1792 (8vo, contemporary tree sheep, engraved frontispiece, joints cracked); Thomas Campbell, The Pleasures of Hope, Edinburgh, 1799 (first edition, 8vo, original marbled boards); Sir Robert Sibbald, The History … of Fife and Kinross, Cupar, 1803 (large 8vo, later panelled calf by Ramage); Sir Harris Nicolas, History of the Earldoms of Strathern, Monteith, and Airth, 1842 (8vo, contemporary straight-grain tan morocco gilt); Donald Monro, Description of the Western Isles of Scotland, called Hybrides. Edinburgh: William Auld, 1774 (first edition, small 8vo, later calf, front cover detaching, effaced ownership inscription to title-page); and similar
Provenance
The Library of a Scottish Gentleman
