Lot 396
Scotland, 21 volumes, including
Beattie, William
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
Scotland Illustrated. 1838, 2 volumes, 4to, additional engraved titles, folding map, engraved plates, contemporary blue half calf, spines gilt, some light spotting; Scotland Described, or a Topographical Description of all the Counties of Scotland. Edinburgh: J. Moir, 1799. 12mo, folding hand-coloured map, contemporary calf, Fasque bookplate; Wood, John Descriptive Account of the Principal Towns in Scotland to accompany Wood's Town Atlas. Edinburgh, 1828, 8vo, modern quarter calf; Archaeologia Scotica, or Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1792-1857, volumes 1-4, plates, some coloured, 19th century half calf gilt, one joint splitting; Lauder, Sir Thomas Dick Memorial of the Royal Progress in Scotland. Edinburgh, 1843. 4to, 13 plates on india paper, original cloth, worn; Maclagan, Christian The Hill Forts, Stone Circles and other Structural Remains of Ancient Scotland. Edinburgh, 1875, Folio, frontispiece and 39 plates, original pictorial brown cloth gilt, rubbed; Small, John W. Scottish Market Crosses. Stirling, 1900. Large 4to, number 165 of 500 copies, original maroon pictorial buckram gilt, t.e.g., slightly worn, hinges weak; Wilson, Professor Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Eighty Views. 1850. 4to, 80 plates, contemporary brown half morocco gilt, a little spotting; Fleming, John and John M. Leighton The Lakes of Scotland, a Series of views. Glasgow: J. Swan, 1834. 4to, 52 engraved plates on india paper, one slightly cut down, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners very worn; Carr, Sir John Caledonian Sketches, or a Tour through Scotland in 1807. London, 1809. 4to, folding frontispiece, and 11 aquatint plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked retaining spine, upper joint splitting, slightly spotted; Chalmers, George Caledonia, or a Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain. Paisley, 1887-1902. 8 volumes including index, 4to, plates and maps, original boards, uncut, stamp of Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow to boards (21)