A Highland Tour
A manuscript account, mid-19th century
£550
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
"A sojourn in the Highlands...", comprising 227 manuscript pages by R. Geddes, addressed to 'My dear Mrs Haldane', with an additional 4 tipped-in manuscript sheets, bound into the recased covers of a copy of 'Loiterer in Argyllshire', 11 x 16cm; Carlyle, Alexander Journal of a Tour in the Highlands, August & September 1765, 109 typescript leaves, a contemporary copy of the original manuscript now in the National Library of Scotland [MS.23767], 18 x 21cm, in the original vellum covers, with several loosely inserted letters from a previous owner to the museum (2)