Lot 299
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Scottish printing and bibliography - [Drummond, William, of Hawthornden]
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Auctarium Bibliothecae Edinburgenae... Edinburgh: William Laing and William Blackwood, 1815. 4to., original boards with paper label to spine, joints cracked, some soiling to boards, slight dampstaining, endpapers foxed; Cadell, Patrick and Matheson, Ann For the encouragement of learning, Scotland's national library, 1689-1989. Edinburgh: HMSO, 1989. 4to., designer binding, by Chris Hicks of Oxford, red morocco with applied thistle motifs in green and purple leather with gilt tooled stalks and thorns and seeds rising into the air, containing letters of the alphabet, contained in green cloth box, entered for the National Library of Scotland's bookbinding competion; The New Wonderful Magazine and Marvellous Chronicle... London: C.Johnson, Hogg, Symonds, Parsons and Walker, volumes 10 and 12, [1793.] 8vo., original wrappers, protective black cloth case, some marginal dust soiling and a couple of small, marginal holes, discreet library stamps; Fairley, John A. A contribution to the history of printing in Scotland. Aberdeen: D. Wyllie & Son, 1925. 8vo., one of 150 copies printed, original cloth, some fading to spine and darkening to endpapers; Harvey, William Scottish chapbook literature. Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1903. 4to., woodcut red and black title, 16 other woodcut illustrations, original white cloth spine with grey boards, occasional light dustsoiling; Dickson, Robert Introduction to the art of printing in Scotland. Aberdeen: J. & J.P. Edmond & Spark, 1885. 8vo., number 366 of 500 copies on small paper, woodcut illustrations, original boards with woodcut windmill motif and gilt lettering, slight soiling and rubbing to boards; Couper, W.J., Editor Watson's preface to the "History of Printing" 1713. Edinburgh: Darien Press, 1913. 8vo, limited to 100 copies signed by the editor, original cloth, (7)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire