Scotland
Collection of travel accounts, 18th-19th century
£1,071
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Faujas de Saint Fond, Barthélemy. Travels in England, Scotland, and the Hebrides ... Containing Mineralogical Descriptions of the Country round Newcastle; of the Mountains of Derbyshire; of the Environs of Edinburgh ... and of the Cave of Fingal. London: James Ridgway, 1799. First edition in English, 2 volumes, 8vo, 20th-century calf, half-title to volume 1, 7 engraved plates (including one not listed), errata leaf to each volume, offsetting;
[Simond, Louis]. Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, during the Years 1810 and 1811, by a French Traveller. Edinburgh: George Ramsay and Company, 1815. First edition in English, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tan calf, rebacked, covers with gilt and blind panels enclosing central heraldic crest, to 21 sepia aquatint plates, 2 folding letterpress tables, bookplates of Edward Craven Hawtrey;
Stoddart, John. Remarks on Local Scenery and Manners in Scotland during the Years 1799 and 1800. London: William Miller, 1801. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked, half-titles, engraved vignette title-pages, map, 32 aquatint plates, offsetting, section excised from head of each title-page;
Campbell, Alexander. A Journey from Edinburgh through Parts of North Britain. New Edition. London: John Stockdale, 1811. 2 volumes, 4to, modern red quarter morocco, marbled sides, 43 aquatint plates (of 44: lacking 'Edinburgh from the West') [Abbey Scenery 485 for the first edition, 1802];
and 8 others: Francis Grose, The Antiquities of Scotland, 1797 (2 volumes, 4to, contemporary half russia, edges untrimmed, folding map loose); Lord Teignmouth, Sketches of the Coasts and Islands of Scotland and the Isle of Man, 1836 (2 volumes, contemporary green calf by Griffith, 3 engraved maps, inscribed 'Florence Anderson, the gift of her affection uncle the author, Feb 28 1848' on volume 1 initial blank); William Gilpin, Observations on Several Parts of Great Britain, particularly the High-Lands of Scotland, 1808 (third edition, 2 volumes, joints cracked); John MacCulloch, The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland, 1824 (4 volumes in 2, 20th-century half calf); Daniel Defoe, A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain, 1742 (third edition, 4 volumes, contemporary calf, volumes 1 and 4 front board detached); Thomas Frognall Dibdin, A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland, 1838 (2 volumes, 20th-century red half calf, covers detached or detaching); Thomas Pennant, A Tour in Scotland, 1774-6 (3 volumes, 4to, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked); Edmund Burt, Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland, 1818 (fifth edition, 2 volumes, contemporary calf, volume 1 front board detached).
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Footnote
THE LIBRARY OF DR ANDREW G. FRASER MD FSA SCOT (1937-2020)