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168927134London Glasgow: No publisher/printer 1689. Small 4to 19 cm; 7.5". 7 1 blank pp. <br><br>A petition for redress and significant changes in the king's relations with Scotland. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Wing rev. ed. A561; McAlpin IV 341; ESTC R11006. Removed from a nonce volume. Clean. No publisher/printer] unknown books
1683668941683. An Appealing Collection of Scottish Acts from 1424 to the Act of Union Scotland. Murray Thomas 1630-1684 Compiler. The Laws and Acts of Parliament Made by King James the First And His Royal Successors Kings and Queen of Scotland in Two Parts. Part I. Collected And Extracted From the Publick Records of the Said Kingdom. Edinburgh: Printed by Iosua van Solingen And Iohn Colmar for David Lindsay And His Co-Partners 1682 i.e. 1683. xii 1018 2 pp. With Murray Thomas Compiler. Part II The Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraign Charles the First. Holden by Himselfe Present in Person With the Three Estates at Edinburgh Upon the Twenty Eight Day of June Anno Domini 1633. Edinburgh: Printed by David Lindsay 1683. 130 4 133-371 13 373-640 2 pp. Bound with An Index or Abridgement of the Acts of Parliament Made by K. James the I. And II. III. IV. V. Queen Mary Ja. VI. K. Charles I. And Charles the II. Kings and Queen of Scotland. Digested into Heads Set Down After the Order of the Alphabet. Edinburgh: Printed by John Reid 1685. 292 pp. And The Laws and Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Sovereign James VII. Holden at Edinburgh April 23. 1685. By His Grace William Duke of Queensbury. Lord High Treasurer of Scotland. His Majesty's High Commissioner for Holding this Parliament By Virtue of a Commission Under His Majesty's Great Seal of this Kingdom. With Special Advice and Consent of the Estates of Parliament. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Freebairn and Company 1685. 875 1 pp. Each session preceded by divisional title page. Four books bound as a three-volume set. 12mo. 5-3/4" x 3-1/4". Contemporary calf rebacked retaining portions of original gilt spines with raised bands and lettering pieces spines of Volumes I and II reversed blind rules to boards blind tooling to board edges hinges mended endleaves retained. Some minor scuffs and tiny stains to boards light rubbing to extremities corners bumped rear hinge of Volume I cracked early owner bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Light toning to text light foxing somewhat heavier in places minor worming faint dampstaining and foxing in a few places a few passages have brief annotations and markings. unknown books
16254028<p>Scotland: 17th c. after 1625</p><p>Folio: 30.6 x 20 cm. 107 lvs. mostly numbered in a contemporary hand: 3 1-8 10-50 1-7 1-34 13 misbound 36-42 1 43-48 48 misbound</p><p>UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT.</p><p>Unpublished manuscript consisting of 107 full-page Scottish coats-of-arms each hand-painted over an underlying generic engraved template. The bare-bones template has minimal detail helm with mantling outline of a blank shield empty compartment with flourishes and serves only as a uniform foundation over which elaborate individualized crests are painted. The first three coats-of-arms are those of royalty and are painted on leaves without the engraved template.</p><p>Bound in 18th century reverse calf in fine condition corners lightly bumped small chip to foot of spine a few signs of wear to lower board. The painted lvs. have been interleaved twice once with lvs. contemporary with the manuscript and again at the time of rebinding in the 18th century. Both sets of blanks present. The volume is in overall very good condition. Two of the paintings have been smudged no. 16 in the first sequence and the unnumbered leaf in the 3rd sequence. One leaf no. 2 in 3rd sequence is torn with loss. There are some early minor paper repairs some a bit crude a few longer clean tears no loss and some smaller tears at the head and foot of scattered leaves. The colors are on the whole very fresh. Individual elements unicorns squirrels mermaids "wild men" and in one instance beavers and Native Americans are painted with nuance and in minute detail.</p><p>Provenance: Bookplate of Thomas Hamilton 1721-1794 7th Earl of Haddington Hadinton. The Hadington arms with the motto "Praesto et presto"I undertake and I persevere are painted on folio 35 first sequence. The title was created in 1627 and bestowed upon the Scottish lawyer and judge Thomas Hamilton First Earl of Melrose d. 1637.</p><p>The volume opens with the arms of Scotland those of the King of Scotland and England and those of the Prince of Wales.</p><p>The manuscript dates to after 1625 the year in which the poet and courtier William Alexander was made 1st Earl of Stirling ca. 1567-1640. Alexander was involved in the Scottish colonization of Nova Scotia and the Stirling arms prominently feature a beaver a Native American and a mermaid. </p><p>Condition notes: old repairs to lvs. 15 18 20 21 51 in first sequence. Leaf 2 3rd sequence torn with loss. Tears to leaf 7 3rd sequence Leaves 16 and 1 smeared. Other minor marginal tears.</p> 17th c., after books
