Lot 184
Jacobite Interest
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Gordon, Elizabeth Howard, Duchess The medal... London: E. Curll, [1712]. Small 4to., modern half calf, [ESTC T39090]; [Defoe, Daniel, attr.] The scotch medal decipher'd... London: S. Popping, 1711. Small 4to., [ESTC T47194], slight spotting and dust soiling; [Craufurd, Thomas] Notes and observations on Mr. George Buchanan's history of Scotland... Edinburgh: Robert Freebairn, 1708. 8vo., later blue half morocco, [ESTC T113830], slight dust soiling, boards a little rubbed; [Forbes, Robert] A plain, authentic and faithful narrative of... the young chevalier... London: W. Webb, 1765. 12mo., later quarter calf, later bookplate reads "Downing Library, the library of Thomas Pennant...", [ESTC T172509], some soiling to boards and pages; [Anon.] Tales of the tories... London: W. Robins, 1718. Small 4to., later half morocco, [ESTC T49847], some dust soiling and rubbing to spine and boards (bound with 3 other pamphlet publications); Erskine, James, of Aberdona Jacobite correspondence of the Atholl family... Edinburgh: Abbotsford Club, 1840. 4to., blue half morocco, some fading and rubbing to covers and spine, occasional spotting; Hamilton and Brandon, James, Duke of Le parade des archers ecossois... Edinburgh: [N.p.], 1734. 4to., modern red half morocco, [ESTC N23686], slight dust soiling; [Macky, John] A view of the court of St Germain...directed to the malcontents Protestant of England. London: R. Baldwin, 1696. 4to., modern marbled boards, [Wing M221B; ESTC R11112], slight marginal worming, small amount of dust soiling, title page neatly repaired; Grace, Sheffield A letter from the Countess of Nithsdale... London: [N.p.], 1827. 8vo., contains four pages of music, later quater calf, some soiling to boards and spine. Bellesheim, Alphons History of the Catholic church of Scotland... Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1887. 8vo., 4 volumes, 4 coloured maps, later green half calf, some fading to spines; Skeet, Francis John Angus Catalogue of Jacobite medals and touch-pieces. Leeds: John Whitehead and Son Ltd., 1938. 4to., inscribed by the author, red cloth gilt; MacGregor, A.G. Murray (translator) A royalist family... Edinburgh: William Brown, 1904. 4to., inscribed to, "...Eric Drummond on the occasion of his marriage..." from the translator, blue cloth, slight soiling to covers and spine and foxing to endpapers; and 10 others (25)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire