Lot 232
Monipennie, John
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
The abridgement or summarie of the Scots chronicles... with a true description and division of the whole realme of Scotland. [London]: Printed at Brittaines Bursse by John Budge, 1612. 4to, [iv, 100, 20], 2 parts in one volume, contemporary calf, spine gilt, armorial bookplate of Francis Fulford of Fulford in the County of Devon 1699, [STC 18014]
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire
Note: First edition, very scarce. Part Two, "A Short Description of the Westerne Iles of Scotland... also the Iles in Orkenay, and Schetland or called Dubonia" begins with a first-hand account of the Isle of Man, "of olde called Dubonia" which appears to be the earliest extended description of that island, [STC 18014]. The "Westerne Iles" section of Monipennnie's book is missing in two of the five American copies cited by NSTC, and is omitted altogether in a second issue of 1612 [NSTC 18014.5], [NSTC 18014]