Lot 291
Dumfriesshire -- Jameson, Robert
Auction: 26 January 2011 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Mineralogical description of the county of Dumfries. Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute, 1805. First edition, 8vo, folding map and 4 engraved plates, half-title, advertisement leaf, modern green morocco-backed marbled boards, McDowall, William History of the burgh of Dumfries. Edinburgh, 1867. 8vo, additional lithographed title and frontispiece, half calf gilt; [Galloway] History of Galloway. Kirkcudbright: J. Nicholson, 1841. 2 volumes, 12mo, 2 folding engraved maps, cloth; Scott-Elliot, G.F. The flora of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries, 1896. 8vo, folding map in pocket, original cloth; Maxwell, H. A history of Dumfries and Galloway. 1896. 4to, number 79 of 100 copies on hand-made paper, 2 maps in pocket, one map split at folds, original buckram, t.e.g., spine gilt.; Wood, J.M. Witchcraft and superstitious record in the S.W. district of Scotland. Dumfries, 1911. 8vo, original cloth, spine faded; and 16 others, pamphlets and books, most relating to Dumfriesshire (23)
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of Charles William Stewart, illustrator.