ANDERSON James
£320
Auction: 1 February 2005 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Selectus diplomatum & numismatum Scotiae thesaurus ... adjuncta sunt reliquorum Scotiae & Magnae Britanniae regum sigilla ... posterior continent numismata tam aurea quam argentea singulorum Scotiae regum, ab Alexandro I ad supradictam regnorum coalitionem perpetua serie deducta ... quae operi deerant supplevit ... Thomas Ruddimannus ... 1st edition, engraved frontis., engraved titlepage and 179 other engraved plates (of which several are folding or double page) of charters, seals & coins, contemporary calf, rubbed, amateurly rebacked, repair to small tear in plate 24, folio, Edinburgh: apud Tho. & Walt. Ruddimanos, 1739
Note: This magnificent production was the life work of the compiler who did not live to see it completed or published. It was completed by Thomas Ruddiman eleven years after the compiler's death. The fine engraved facsimile plates are by George Child. Adam Smith quotes from the preface in the Wealth of Nations.
RUDDIMAN Thomas
An introduction to Mr. James Anderson's Diplomata Scotiae ... 1st edition, modern recasing, titlepage a little discoloured, 12mo., Edinburgh: Charles Herriott, 1773
CHALMERS George
The life of Thomas Ruddiman ... 1st edition, engraved port. frontis., facsim. plate, original boards, fore-edges uncut, rebacked, port. water stained, 8vo., London: Stockdale, 1794 [3]