Lot 130
Andrew of Wyntoun (c.1350-1423)
De Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland
Auction: Other Properties | Wed 25 February from 10am | Lots 63 to 255
Description
be Androw of Wyntown, Priowr of Sanct Serfis Ynche in Loch Levyn. London: printed by T. Bensley; and sold by Thomas Egerton, 1795. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (22.5 x 14cm), later half calf with black spine labels (probably from original binding), marbled edges, with plate of facsimile handwriting in preface to volume 1, without half-titles, in volume 1 pages 71-74 are misbound after page xxxviii, with occasional pencil annotations [ESTC T89474] (2)
Footnote
Vernacular Scots history of Scotland and the world in the form of a metrical poem; the original manuscript was written by a variety of hands in the late 15th century, according to Lowndes 'The bibliographer's manual of English literature' new rev. ed., part X (1879), p. 3007, 250 copies were printed in royal octavo.