Lot 36
Law & History
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Oppressions of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of Orkney and Zetland... Edinburgh: the Maitland Club, 1859. 4to, contemporary half calf, bookplate; Court Cases Orkney and Shetland 2 brown quarter morocco bound volumes containing details of court cases and petitions from 1750 to 1864; Peterkin, Alexander Rentals of the Ancient Earldom and Bishoprick of Orkney. Edinburgh, 1820. 8vo, modern half calf, bookplate; List and Certificate of the Number of Examinable Persons in Orkney and Zetland, MDCCXLVIII, 4to, pp.221-223 extracted from a larger volume, original cloth; Mackenzie, James The General Grievances and Oppression of the Isles of Orkney and Shetland. Edinburgh: Neill & Co., Laing and Forbes, 1836. 8vo, original cloth, bookplate; A Letter to the Electors of Orkney and Zetland... Kirkwall: J.U. Anderson, 1847. 8vo, pamphlet in original wrappers; What is to be Done for Orkney and Shetland?... Kirkwall: J.U. Anderson, 1847. 8vo, pamphlet in original wrappers; [these two contained together in a custom solander box]; The Rentall of the Provestrie of Orknay A.D. M.D.LXXXIV. [n.p., n.d.] 4to, half morocco, bookplates; Orcadensis to William Cobbett, M.P. on the Political Grievances of Orkney and Zetland. Edinburgh: John Hamilton, 1833. 8vo, half morocco rebacked with a modern spine, bookplate (9)
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of the Late John Davie Manson Robertson, CBE, DL, FRSA