British history
Collection of works, 17th-18th century
£1,764
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
[King, William]. The State of the Protestants of Ireland under the late King James's Government. London: for Robert Clavell, 1691. First edition, 4to, contemporary mottled calf, front board detached, imprimatur leaf to front, advertisement leaf to rear;
Anderson, James. An Historical Essay, shewing that the Crown and Kingdom of Scotland, is Imperial and Independent. Edinburgh: heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1705. First edition, 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf decorated in blind;
Crawfurd, David, of Drumsoy. Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland, containing a Full and Impartial Account of the Revolution in that Kingdom begun in 1567. London: sold by the booksellers, 1706. First edition, 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf ruled in blind, errata leaf, quire M with losses to lower margins;
Cromarty, George Mackenzie, Earl of. An Historical Account of the Conspiracies by the Earls of Gowry, and Robert Logan of Restalrig, against King James VI. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1713. First edition, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, half-title, title-page printed in red and black;
and approx. 20 others (these not collated), all but one 17th or 18th century, contemporary bindings, including: [David Jones], The Life of William III, 1703 (second edition; Clement Walker, Relations and Observations Historicall and Politick, upon the Parliament begun Anno Do. 1640, 1650-50-49-51 (4 parts in 1 volume, 4to, without plate mentioned in some library records); John Chamberlayne, Magnae Britanniae Notitia: or, the Present State of Great Britain, 1736; Eikon Basilike, 1648; [George Lockhart], Memoirs concerning the Affairs of Scotland, from Queen Anne's Accession, 1714; and similar (31)
Provenance
From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire. With ownership markings including occasional bookplates.