Scotland
3 works
£819
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Martin, Martin. A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland. London: A. Bell, 1716. Second edition, 8vo, folding map, folding plate, additional leaf with pasted news clipping regarding the sale of “The Islands and Barony of Harries and St. Kilda”, another inserted manuscript leaf regarding “Rathry Isle” (presumably Rathlin), and a further two leaves with an article titled “Extract from an Expedition to the celebrated Island of Y-Columbkill", 20th-century calf gilt;
[Burt] Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London. London: S. Birt, 1754. 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece map, 8 plates, contemporary calf, Hopetoun bookplates, ownership stamps of Alex. D. Denny to free-endpaper / reverse of map;
Ferguson, Robert. The Poetical Works of Robert Ferguson. Alnwick: W. Davison, [n.d.] 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth (5)
Provenance
The Library of a Scottish Gentleman.