Lot 174
Scotland
Collection of travel and other accounts, 18th-19th century
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
[Morer, Thomas]. A Short Account of Scotland. London: for Tho. Newborough, 1702. First edition, 8vo, 156 pp., recent red quarter morocco;
Bristed, John. Anthroplanomenos [title in Greek]; or a Pedestrian Tour through Part of the Highlands of Scotland. London: J. Wallis, 1803. First edition, 2 volumes in 1, 8vo, 20th-century quarter calf, hand-coloured etched frontispiece;
[Thomson, William]. A Tour in England and Scotland, in 1785. By an English Gentleman. London: for G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1788. First edition, 8vo, near-contemporary cloth, half-title, 6 engraved plates, spine-label worn and detaching, free endpaper removed;
Buchanan, John Lanne. A General View of the Fishery of Great Britain. London: Tho. Kay, and T. N. Longman, 1794. First edition, 8vo, contemporary quarter calf;
Lettice, John. Letters on a Tour through Various Parts of Scotland, in the Year 1792. London: T. Cadell, 1794. First edition, 8vo, contemporary half morocco (worn in places), contemporary ownership inscription of one Elizabeth Hervey to the title-page, possibly the novelist (1748-1820);
Spence, Elizabeth Isabella. Sketches of the Present Manners, Customs, and Scenery of Scotland. London: Longman [and others], 1811. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, uncut in original boards, inscribed 'with the authors respects to Lord Woodhouselee' on the title-page of volume 1;
[Heron, Robert]. Scotland Delineated, or a Geographical Description of Every Shire in Scotland, including the Northern and Western Isles. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1799. Second edition, 8vo, 20th-century quarter calf, engraved folding general map (backed on linen and tipped to front pastedown), 6 further engraved maps (collation not established);
and 25 others similar, including further 18th-century titles
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Footnote
THE LIBRARY OF DR ANDREW G. FRASER MD FSA SCOT (1937-2020)