Lot 91
SCOTTISH ANTIQUARIAN
A COLLECTION OF 10 VOLUMES COMPRISING [DUNCOMBE, G.]
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 October 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
Scutum Regale, the Royal Buckler, or Vox Legis, a Lecture to Traytors. London, 1660. 8vo, engraved frontispiece (caption cropped) and 2 plates, 1 folding, contemporary sheep, P1-8 slightly wormed, rubbed, [ESTC R17723]; Mackenzie, Sir George Jus Regium, or the Just and Solid Foundations of Monarchy. London, 1684. 8vo, modern quarter calf, title repaired in inner margin, lacks frontispiece portrait, [ESTC R945]; Creech, William An Account of the the Trial of William Brodie and George Smith. Edinburgh, 1788. First edition, 8vo, 2 plates, original boards, uncut, rebacked; Criminal Trials illustrative of the tale entitled "The Heart of Mid-Lothian". Edinburgh, 1818. 12mo, frontispiece, modern quarter calf gilt; [Glencoe] Authentic Narrative of the Massacre of Glencoe. Glasgow, 1818. 12mo, modern cloth' [Glencoe] The Massacre of Glencoe. Edinburgh, 1819. 12mo, modern boards; Chalmers, George The Poetic Remains of some of the Scotish Kings. London, 1824. 8vo, engraved frontispiece and folding facsimile, contemporary salmon morocco gilt, g.e., joints rubbed; [Edinburgh] An Historical Sketch of the Municipal Constitution of the City of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1826. 8vo, folding tables neatly mounted on vellum, contemporary black morocco gilt, g.e.; Historical Reprints taken from the Free-Holder. 12mo, 7 items, each limited to 200 copies, later blue cloth;; Richardson, M.A., publisher. Newcastle Reprints of Rare Tracts. Chiefly illustrative of the History of the Northern Counties. Newcastle, 1847, 8 tracts in one volume, each limited to 100 copies, 19th century maroon half morocco, rubbed, very slight dampstaining to extreme outer edge of some leaves
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of Larry Hutchison