Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts | 16th January 2013

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LY O N & T U R N B U L L Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs

166 FC237/154 Royal land holdings An account of all the manors, messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments in the different counties of England and Wales, held by lease from the Crown. London: S. Hooper and Messrs. Robinson, 1787. Oblong folio, gilt tree-calf, neatly rebacked retaining original spine, marbled endpapers, Earl of Stradbroke copy with his signature and bookplate, fine copy with some light foxing Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire £200-300 167 FC269/65 Schefferus, Joannes Argentoratensis, de militia navali veterum... Uppsala: Johannes Jansson, 1654. Small 4to, engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and soiled, upper joint beginning to split, margins of pages 98 and 191 trimmed with loss of a small amount of engraving, occasional very light dampstaining Provenance: Property of the Trustees of Lord Gretton £300-400 168 FD319/4 [Scotland, Parliament] An account of the proceedings of the meeting of the estates in Scotland. London: Richard Chiswell, 1689. Folio, [iv], 12, license leaf before title, later red morocco-backed marbled boards, [ESTC P1875; not traced in Wing]; Craig, Thomas Scotland’s soveraignty asserted, translated and edited by George Ridpath. London: Andrew Ball [&c.], 1695. 8vo, contemporary calf, [Wing C6804], wear to upper joint; [Crauford, Thomas] Notes and observations on Mr George Buchanan’s History of of Scotland. Edinburgh: Robert Freebairn, 1708. First edition, 12mo in fours, contemporary calf; Burnett, Gilbert The life and death of Sir Matthew Hale, Kt. London: W. Shrowsbery, 1682. Second edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece portrait, nineteenth century calf, g.e., [Wing B5828], upper cover detached (4) £300-400 169 FE553/43B Scottish History Pennant, Thomas A tour in Scotland. London: Benjamin White, 1776. Fourth edition, 3 volumes, engraved plates, contemporary tree calf gilt, rubbing and bumping to covers and spines, some internal spotting and soiling, previous owner’s bookplates to endpapers and Gaelic inscription in volume 1, a few leaves lacking; Campbell, Lord Archibald Records of Argyll... Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1885. Limited edition (number 342), 4to, frontispiece, 16 etched plates, original red cloth gilt, tissue guards, binding dampstained, soiled and a little faded, interior fairly clean with occasional spotting and some slight darkening, ex libris; Keltie, John S. History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland clans and Highland regiments. London: William Mackenzie, n.d. [1890]. Small 4to, 5 volumes, 66 plates (including maps and portraits), original red cloth gilt, g.e., spines faded, some slight foxing; Napier, Mark Memoirs of the Marquis of Montrose. Edinburgh: Thomas G. Stevenson, 1856. 8vo, 2 volumes, 10 portraits, contemporary half calf, binding slightly rubbed and soiled,

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occasional slight foxing and offsetting; Stewart, David Sketches of the character, manners and present state of the Highlanders of Scotland. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co., 1825. Third edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, hand-coloured folding map, contemporary blue panelled calf with gilt tooled border and spine, some rubbing and soiling to binding. occasional foxing, map torn, ex libris; Browne, James A history of the Highlands... London: A. Fullarton and Co., 1849. 8vo, 4 volumes, 4 engraved frontispieces, folding map (with a couple of small tears), 61 plates (22 coloured), red half morocco, binding rubbed and soiled, occasional foxing; And 15 others, all books carrying ‘ex libris’ bookplates; Sold not subject to return (32) £300-400 170 FC269/86 Semmes, Raphael Memoirs of service afloat during the war between states. Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Co., 1869. 8vo, portrait, 8 lithographed plates (6 coloured), original blue cloth, spine gilt, spine a little faded and bumped, some spotting and offsetting Provenance: Property of the Trustees of Lord Gretton £200-250 171 FC237/161 [Sprat, Thomas, Bishop of Rochester] A true account and declaration of the horrid conspiracy against the late King, his present majesty and the government. London: T Newcomb, and sold by Sam Lowndes, 1685 . Second edition, folding plan with small tear to central fold, collates: [6], 167, [1] [ESTC R218802] [Wing S5065A]; Bound with [Idem] Copies of the informations and original papers relating to the proof of the horrid conspiracy against the late King. London: T Newcomb, and sold by Sam Lowndes, 1685. lacking plate [ESTC R18024] [Wing S5030 Variant]; 4to, contemporary calf, small marginal worm hole, pages mostly very clean, occasional spotting, some slight rubbing to spine and boards, text block detaching from spine; [Stothard, Stephanoff] An impartial historical narrative of those momentous events which have taken place in this country during the period from the year 1816 to 1823. London: Robert Bowyer, 1823. Large folio, 3 hand-coloured plates, 3 uncoloured plates and 2 leaves of facsimiles, contemporary half morocco, [Abbey, Scenery, 259], rubbed (2) Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire £200-300 172 FD681/7 Stevenson, J.R.H. Heraldry in Scotland. Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1914. 4to, 2 volumes, number 158 of 540 copies, etched frontispiece by D.Y. Cameron, coloured frontispiece in volume 2 and 36 plates (9 coloured), original quarter vellum gilt, bindings a little soiled, occasional spotting, plate 26 loose, previous owner’s bookplates on paste-down endpapers; Marwick, Sir James D. Early Glasgow... Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1911. 4to, number 43 of 60 copies, 2 folding maps, 32 plates, original red quarter morocco gilt, binding a little faded and soiled, some small wormholes around joints, previous owner’s bookplate on paste-down endpaper, some


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