Lot 111
Scottish history, theology and law
Collection of works, 17th-18th century
£1,260
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Leslie, John. De origine moribus et rebus gestis Scotorum libri decem ... Nunc denuo recus. [Amsterdam?: no printer], 1675. 4to, contemporary calf, 11 full-page engraved genealogies in text, each with portrait roundel, binding rubbed, small paper flaw in 3Z1;
[Scottish martyrs]. A Cloud of Witnesses, for the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ; or, the Last Speeches ... of those who have suffered for the Truth, in Scotland, since the Year 1680. [Edinburgh?: no printer], 1714. First edition, 4to, 19th-century marbled boards, rebacked, title-page in red and black, tape-repairs in H2 and 2I4, rear inner hinge split between final two signatures [ESTC T167253, tracing five copies only worldwide, and five copies for another edition published the same year, slightly different pagination, priority not established];
Forrester, Thomas. The Hierarchical Bishops Claim to a Divine Right. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1699. First edition, 4to, contemporary panelled sheep, rebacked, front board near detached errata slip pasted onto final blank (loose) [ESTC R4954];
[Gordon, James]. The Reformed Bishop: or, XIX Articles, tenderd by ... a Well-Wiher of the Present Government of the Church of Scotland. [No place]: for the author, 1679. 8vo, contemporary mottled sheep ruled in blind, errata leaf, terminal blank, rubbed, front joint split at head, worming in gutter, Gordon Castle label to front free endpaper [ESTC R10195: 9 UK copies, of which 4 in the NLS];
Forbes, William. A Treatise of Church-lands and Tithes. Edinburgh: heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1705. 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf, engraved bookplate of the Earls of Lauderdale, book-label of one J. R. P. Forrest, contemporary ownership inscription ('Lauderdale') and shelfmark to title-page, binding slightly worn [ESTC T130854];
Buchanan, George. De jure regni apud Scotos. [No place: no printer], 1680. 12mo, contemporary sheep, spine slightly defective, closely trimmed at foot [R19572];
[Stewart, Sir James]. Naphtali, or the Wrestlings of the Church of Scotland for the Kingdom of Christ. [No place: no printer], 1693. 12mo, contemporary sheep, retaining final blank [ESTC R33803];
[Skene, Alexander]. Memorialls for the Government of the Royall-Burghs in Scotland. Aberdeen: John Forbes, 1685. First edition, 8vo, contemporary sheep [ESTC R38926];
[Clark, James]. A Sermon preached at the Kirk of Auldhamstocks. Edinburgh: John Reid, 1690. 4to, 12 pp., disbound, stained [ESTC R36023: 10 copies worldwide];
Spalding, John. A Sermon before His Grace John Earl of Tullibardine. Edinburgh: George Mosman, 1696. 4to, disbound, 19 pp., [ESTC R34583: 9 copies worldwide];
Ferguson, Robert. The Late Proceedings and Votes of the Parliament of Scotland, contained in an Address delivered to the King. Glasgow: Andrew Hepburn, 1689. 4to, 39 [1] pp., disbound, shaved [ESTC R224225];
[Ridpath, George]. The Scots Episcopal Innocence. London: [no printer], 1694. First edition, 4to, stitched as issued, untrimmed, title-page stained, closed tear in penultimate leaf [ESTC R28104];
and approx. 18 others (these not collated), including: Samuel Rutherford, A Sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, 1645 (disbound, tear to corner of title-page); James Durham, The Unsearchable Riches of Christ, Glasgow, 1709; Lockhart, Memoirs concerning the Affairs of Scotland from Queen Anne's Accession ... to the Commencement of the Union, 1714 (contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, bookplate of the Viscounts Melville); and similar
Footnote
Note: Leslie's work was first published in Rome in 1578.
Provenance: Dictionaries of the Scottish Language (with markings including ink-stamps to endpapers and remnants of labels to spines).
