Lot 186
ERSKINE, JOHN, THE HONOURABLE COLONEL, OF CARNOCK
JOURNAL, 18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT TRANSCRIPTION OF ERSKINE'S JOURNAL
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 October 2018 at 12:00 BST
£750
Description
for the period 5 June 1683 - 26 May 1685, closely written in clean hand on the rectos and versos of 100 + leaves, 155 x 100mm., of a small oblong pocket notebook, half calf, slightly rubbed
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of Larry Hutchison
Note: Not published until the Scottish History Society edition of 1893, the Journal gives a detailed account of the period between the Restoration and the Revolution. As an aspirant to the Bar, Erskine attended the courts where those apprehended in the aftermath of the Battle of Bothwell Bridge were tried and sentenced to death or banishment.