Lot 292
Gaelic Language and Literature
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Shaw, William A Galic and English Dictionary. London: W. and A. Strahan, 1780. 2 volumes bound together, 4to, contemporary tree calf, joints split, ownership stamp of James Grant to title-page; Forbes, Alexander Robert Gaelic Names of Beasts... Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1905. 8vo, original green cloth; Holmer, Nils M. Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, [1938.] 8vo, original wrappers; Mackenzie, John The Beauties of Gaelic Poetry and Lives of the Highland Bards. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1907. 8vo, modern red cloth; Carmichael, Alexander Carmina Gadelica... Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1928. 6 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, volumes 5 & 6 with torn dust-jackets; and a collection of works published by the Scottish Gaelic Texts Society; and a collection of others, sold not subject to return