ALLARDYCE, ed. Colonel JamesMareMagnum
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Roy. 4to., First and Sole Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, and 9 fine plates (all original tissue guards present), free endpapers mildly browned; original series binding of olive-brown cloth, boards blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 525 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 491). With the nineteenth century trade tickets of Edmond & Spark, Bookbinders of Aberdeen. Allardyce is one of the most valuable collections of contemporary Jacobite records. This is the second of two volumes (the first appeared in 1895) each of which is complete in itself. This volume comprises: XXX. Depositions against Jacobites, 1746; XXXI. Memorials for Thomas Forbes of Echt and Andrew Hay, 1746; XXXII. Concerning Highland Depredations, 1747; XXXIII. Memorial anent Thieving and Depredations in the Highlands, 1747; XXXIV. Description of the Road from Aviemore to Aberdeen, 1747; XXXV. Description of the Hills, Glens and Passes in the Counties of Aberdeen, 1747; XXXVI. Proposals for Cantoning the Five Highland Additional Company's, 1747; XXXVII. Highland Reports, 1749-50. The Appendix contains a further eight important records. VERY SCARCE. Pargellis & Medley 3306.
8vo., on laid paper, tiny contemporary signature on title; contemporary calf, boards moderately age-marked and scuffed, expertly rebacked in calf to style with new label, a remarkably crisp, clean copy. With the pictorial nineteenth-century bookplate of Betty Withycombe on front paste-down. This pro-Jacobite tract, presented in the form of letters, was written by Bolingbroke in 1735 whilst in exile in France. Purporting originally to come from the minutes of Humphrey Oldcastle, this attribution is omitted from the current edition. The dedication to Walpole is signed Caleb D'Anvers, pseudonym of Nicholas Amhurst, primary contributor to the Whig periodical 'The Craftsman' which was founded and funded by Bolingbroke in 1726. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
8vo., Second[?] Edition, with engraved portrait frontispiece and 2 full-page battle-plans; attractively bound in nineteenth century half roan, marbled boards, back with flat gilt bands, second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, a remarkably bright, crisp copy in wholly unrestored period binding. Includes a summary of the trials and executuions of the rebel lords. First published in 1749. EXTREMELY SCARCE [COPAC finds only five copies]. Pargellis & Medley 1280.