Scottish topography and history
Collection of works, 17th-19th century
£328
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
all 4to unless otherwise stated, titles including: Sir George Mackenzie, Observations upon the Laws and Customs of Nations, as to Precedency, 1680 (first edition, bound with as often The Science of Herauldry, 1680, 2 works in one volume, folio, contemporary mottled calf, Science of Herauldry title-page and dedication leaf bound before text of Observations, engraved portrait to front laid down with marginal losses, engraved plates to Science of Heraldry, wear to binding); David Calderwood, The True History of the Church of Scotland, 1678 (first edition, folio, c.1900 antique-style panelled calf, marginal fraying to title-page); Hugo Arnot, The History of Edinburgh, 1788 (second edition, contemporary tree calf, front joint cracked); Thomas Newte, Prospects and Observations on a Tour in England and Scotland: Natural, Oeconomical, and Literary, 1791 (first edition, uncut in original boards, spine worn); William Westall, Great Britain Illustrated, 1830 (contemporary blue calf gilt, spine worn, cracking to joints); Thomas H. Shepherd, Modern Athens!, 1829 (contemporary straight-grain green half morocco); John Pinkerton, The History of Scotland, 1797 (first edition, 2 volumes, contemporary mottled calf, joints cracked); Thomas Kirkton, The Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland, 1817 (original boards); and 5 others similar, the lot not fully collated and sold as seen (16)
Provenance
From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire.