Lot 296
Scottish History
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Fox, Charles James A history of the early part of the reign of James the Second... London: William Miller, 1808. 4to., engraved portrait, contemporary calf, spine gilt, some offsetting onto title page, some rubbing to spine and boards, joints cracked; Carlisle, Nicholas A topographical dictionary of Scotland..., London: G. and W. Nicol, 1813. 4to., 2 volumes, contemporary half calf, joints repaired, marbled boards, gilt tooled spines, occasional internal spotting, endpapers slightly foxed; Nicolas, Nicholas Harris The siege of Carlaverock... London: J.B. Nichols and Son, 1828. Folio, hand coloured frontispiece and hand painted heraldic illustrations throughout text, contemporary half morocco with some rubbing to spine, occasional spotting and offsetting; Sanderson, William A compleat history of the lives and reigns of Mary Queen of Scotland. London: Humphrey Moseley, Richard Tomlins and George Sawbridge, 1656. 4to., 2 engraved portraits, contemporary panelled calf, later spine, [Wing S647] slight soiling to covers and endpapers, occasional spotting; [Gyllenborg, Carl] Letters which passed between Count Gyllenborg... and others...relating to the design of raising a rebellion in His Majesty's dominions, to be supported by a force from Sweden. London: printed by S. Buckley, 1717. Folio, two copies, one loose, the other bound in later green cloth, unbound copy soiled and edges cut with some loss of text, bound copy no loss of text and clean [ESTC T61824]; The Tryal of Francis Francia... London: D. Midwinter, 1717. Folio, bound in modern brown cloth, [ESTC T114597], occasional marginal soiling and darkening to first and last few pages; House of Commons A report from the committee to whom all the books, instruments, and papers relating to the sale of the estate of James late Earl of Derwentwater were referred. London: [R. Williamson and W. Bowyer], 1732. Folio, [ESTC T55451]; [Innes, C. (Editor)] Liber IInsule missarum... Edinburgh: [Bannatyne Club], 1847. 4to., inscribed to previous owner by the editor, original? brown cloth, some spotting and dampstaining to initial pages, occasional annotations in pencil, some scuffing to covers; Drummond, William The genealogy of the most noble and ancient house of Drummond. Edinburgh: A. Balfour and Co., 1831. 4to., number 46 of 100 facsimile reprints of Dr David Laing's 'Edition', engraved portrait, later green morocco gilt; MacAllester, Oliver A series of letters discovering the scheme projected by France in MDCCLIX. London: Mr Williams, 1767. 4to., volume 1 only, modern quarter calf, spine slightly faded, some foxing and dampstaining; Herries, Lord Historical memoirs of the reign of Mary Queen of Scots... Edinburgh: The Abbotsford Club, 1836. 4to., contemporary green cloth, spine faded (12)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire