McIan, Robert Ronald
Collection of plates from The Clans of the Scottish Highlands
£580
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
London: Ackermann & Co., [1845-7, or Willis and Sotheran, 1857]. 50 hand-coloured lithographs after R. R. McIan by L. Dickinson and others, approx. 36 x 26cm, on thick wove paper, heightened in gum arabic, one lithograph (Macquarrie) with sewing holes through right-hand margin. Titles comprise: Cumin; Rose; Graham; Grant; Forbes; Fraser; Macdonald of the Isles; Mac Intosh; Chisholm; Mac Nab; Campbell of Argyle; Mac Millan; Menzies; Mac Innes; Mac Phee; Robertson; Colquhon [sic]; Mac Nicol; Logan; Davidson; Ross; Sinclair; Buchanan; Mac Nachtan; Lamond; Macfarlan; Mac Arthur; Mac Laurin; Mac Ivor; Mac Donald of Keppach; Mackenzie; Cameron; Mac Bain; Ferguson; Murray; Drummond; Macgillivray; Macdonnel of Glengarry; Mac Rae; Mac Intire; Macpherson; Mac Coll; Ulrich; Mackinnon; Stewart; Macalister; Matheson; Macquarrie; Gordon; Macgregor
Footnote
Note: McIan's Clans of the Scottish Highlands, with text by James Logan, was first published by Ackermann in 1845-7 to commemorate the centenary of the Jacobite Rebellion. The work was subsequently reissued by Willis & Sotheran ten years later.