Lot 47
Martin, Martin
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
£550
Description
A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland. London: Andrew Bell, 1703. 8vo, folding map, folding plate, contemporary panelled calf rebacked with a modern spine, bookplates of Edward Abadam and J. Robertson, ownership signature to endpaper, some worming to upper margins, slightly affecting text, some tape marks to flyleaf [ESTC T94240]
Footnote
Note: "Donum Authoris" written to flyleaf, however there is no other inscription to suggest that this is a gift from the author.
Provenance: From the collection of the Late John Davie Manson Robertson, CBE, DL, FRSA