Lot 58
Robertson, George
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
A Concise View of the Scottish Islands of the Hebrides, Orkney, and Zetland, with observations on the means of their improvement; more especially of the Woodlands. Irvine: Cunninghame Press, 1821. 8vo, nineteenth century half-calf with a modern spine, J. Robertson bookplate, marginal tear to one page
Footnote
Note: A very rare volume, no copies have been traced in the British Library or National Library of Scotland. The book received a very good review in The Farmer's Magazine, volume 23, p.342 (1822): "...a small treatise, published last year, under the title 'A Concise View of the Scottish Islands of the Hebrides...' ...Mr. Robertson is already favourably known to the agricultural public as the author of the Surveys of Mid-Lothian and Kincardineshire...and has here brought into a small compass a great deal of interesting information regarding these Islands..." The work features on p.52 of Cursiter's List of Books and Pamphlets Relating to Orkney and Shetland
Provenance: From the collection of the Late John Davie Manson Robertson, CBE, DL, FRSA