Fordun, John of
Scotichronicon
£580
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
cum Supplementis et Continuatione Walteri Boweri ... cura Walteri Goodall. Edinburgh: Robert Fleming, 1759. 2 volumes, folio, contemporary Spanish vellum, spines decorated in gilt, labels to second compartments, edges sprinkled red, title-pages printed in red and black, armorial bookplates of Edward Davenport (motto 'time deum et honora regem'), recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to volume 1, index and 'De nuptiis ...' section bound before main text in volume 1 (usually found at rear of volume 2), variable moderate browning [ESTC T096013];
[Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun]. A Speech upon the State of the Nation. [London: no publisher, 1701]. 6 pp. + conjugate blank, 4to, unbound, housed in a custom red cloth case;
Defoe, Daniel. A History of the Union between England and Scotland. London: John Stockdale, 1786. 4to, modern half calf, engraved portrait frontispiece, advertisement leaf, spotting towards rear;
and 1 other (Sir William Gibson-Craig, editor, Facsimiles of National Manuscripts of Scotland, Southampton: Ordnance Survey Office, 1867-, 3 volumes, large folio, each volume with additional title-page containing hand-coloured and gilt vignette after a medieval manuscript initial, photozincographic facsimiles of manuscripts throughout, volumes 1 and 3 rebacked, volume 2 spine defective, contents not collated)
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Footnote
The Edward Davenport whose bookplate is found in this copy of Scotichronicon is possibly Edward Davies Davenport (1778-1847), Cheshire landowner and member of parliament for Shaftesbury, who 'had the sensibility of an aspiring man of literature and the conscience of an ambitious social reformer' (History of Parliament, online).