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183823272Edinburgh, Hugh Paton and London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1838. XIX, II, 430, IX SS., 170 Radierungen; Titel, 472, IV, XI SS. und 160 Radierungen. Alle 330 Radierungen von den Original-Platten mit Plattenrändern und tls. Plattenschmutz. Die Abzüge sauber und kräftig, auf stärkerem Papier. 4° (ca. 21 x 27 cm), Halbleder der Zeit, ornamentale Rückenvergoldung und goldgepr. Rückentitel. Marmorierte Deckelbezüge, Goldschnitt. - Ecken und Kanten berieben und tls. bestoßen, Deckel stärker berieben.
1818658941818. Glasgow: April 29 1818. 18 ff. Glasgow: April 29 1818. 18 ff. Who Stole My Cheese Manuscript. Trial. Glasgow Scotland. Trial of Robert Hunter Alias Robert Hunter Guthrie and John Mackie Running Title. Glasgow: April 29 1818. 18 ff. Last leaf partially blank docketed on verso. Folio 12-1/2" x 7.5". Disbound light soiling and edgewear three horizontal fold lines lower portion of final leaf lacking with no loss to text. Content in neat hand throughout. $1500. A curious collection of court documents involving a pair of men who were stealing and fencing stolen wheels of cheese from a warehouse. Sensing that the police were closing in on them they fled one is tempted to say "like mice" but were eventually apprehended. These documents appear to have been given to someone who organized them added annotations including the title on the first leaf and had them bound into a volume. unknown books
1822174081Edinburgh: Printed for Macredie Skelly & Co. and T. Nelson 1822. First edition of a first-hand account of what is known as the "King's Jaunt" the first visit of a reigning monarch to Scotland since Charles II and the first since the Act of Union in 1707. This work is institutionally rare appearing only in the National Library of Scotland and Princeton. The anonymous author of this work wrote about the excitement and preparation that went into preparing for the king's arrival the lists of Scottish nobility who dined with the king and the trip to Holyrood which is now the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland. Duodecimo 2 pp. 124. Original printed drab boards front cover decoratively panelled and lettered in black edges uncut. Bookplate of "Macfie of Dreghorn". Spine rather worn covers foxed and bumped edges toned contents clean. A very good copy. hardcover
1826229498Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William Blackwood Edinburgh: and T. Cadell Strand London 1826. Second edition of the first two Letters First edition of the Third Letter. 60; 86 2 blank; 39 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half red morocco preserving nineteenth-century marbled boards. Fine. Second edition of the first two Letters First edition of the Third Letter. 60; 86 2 blank; 39 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "In this series of 'Letters' defending the issuance of Scottish banknotes Scott benefits from his work on Swift by patterning the Malachi Malagrowther letters on Swift's Drapier's Letters" Todd & Bowden p. 621.<br /> <br /> "In February 1826 there may have been a degree of calculation in Scott's entering the debate on a government measure introduced to deal with the economic crisis which would have restricted the rights of the Scottish banks to issue their own notes but Scott represented it as a nationalist issue 'the late disposition to change every thing in Scotland to an English model' Journal 94. In February and March he wrote three letters to the editor of the Edinburgh Weekly Journal in which he used the currency issue as an exemplum for the larger tendency. The letters caused a sensation. Ministerial friends were very angry but withdrew the measure. The banks were grateful; taking a lead from his old rival in love William Forbes they agreed to the creation of a trust for the settling of Scott's debts and The Letters of Malachi Malagrowther as the letters are now known is recognized as a classic in political argument" DNB.<br /> <br /> A complete set uncommon. Todd & Bowden 186Ac 187Ac 188Ab. Kress III C1778 C1781 C1784 Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William Blackwood, Edinburgh: and T. Cadell, Strand, London unknown
1826229498Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William Blackwood Edinburgh: and T. Cadell Strand London 1826. Second edition of the first two Letters First edition of the Third Letter. 60; 86 2 blank; 39 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half red morocco preserving nineteenth-century marbled boards. Fine. Second edition of the first two Letters First edition of the Third Letter. 60; 86 2 blank; 39 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "change every thing in Scotland to an English model". "In this series of 'Letters' defending the issuance of Scottish banknotes Scott benefits from his work on Swift by patterning the Malachi Malagrowther letters on Swift's Drapier's Letters" Todd & Bowden p. 621.<br/><br/>"In February 1826 there may have been a degree of calculation in Scott's entering the debate on a government measure introduced to deal with the economic crisis which would have restricted the rights of the Scottish banks to issue their own notes but Scott represented it as a nationalist issue 'the late disposition to change every thing in Scotland to an English model' Journal 94. In February and March he wrote three letters to the editor of the Edinburgh Weekly Journal in which he used the currency issue as an exemplum for the larger tendency. The letters caused a sensation. Ministerial friends were very angry but withdrew the measure. The banks were grateful; taking a lead from his old rival in love William Forbes they agreed to the creation of a trust for the settling of Scott's debts and The Letters of Malachi Malagrowther as the letters are now known is recognized as a classic in political argument" DNB.<br/><br/>A complete set uncommon. Todd & Bowden 186Ac 187Ac 188Ab. Kress III C1778 C1781 C1784 Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William Blackwood, Edinburgh: and T. Cadell, Strand, London unknown books
187346421Kirkwall Orkney Scotland 1873. Paper wrappers. A near fine copy. 56 pp. 4to. A rare daily diary from April 14th 1873 to January 27th 1874 detailing the weather storms the growing of crops cattle shipments plantings the comings & goings of the islanders of ships some large mostly smaller Reaper class to & from Inverness Edinburgh Wales and beyond including the author's trip to Edinburgh concerning the author's acceptance as clerk treasurer and officer of the board of the church. The journal ends with his note that he "must down to Kara Are of Kara and brake the sad news to his sister about a death.and followed by "moderate wind with a slight drizzling rain." A wealth of information on a remote area of the Orkney Islands. unknown
1851200139AG1851. London & New York John Tallis & Company 1851. Large Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by D. Pound. Plate Size: 51 cm x 36.5 cm. Sheet Size: 51.5 cm x 37.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map / city-plan in very good condition. This Map is beautifully framed. Price includes worldwide free shipping per UPS Courier Framed. Published in the Illustrated Atlas And Modern History Of The World Geographical Political Commercial & Statistical Edited By R. Montgomery Martin. Handsome town-plan of Edinburgh in Scotland. The The Water of Leith can be seen running through Scotland's capital city. Railways street and district areas of the city are also included. The Salisbury Crags Carlton Hill and the Castle Rock are all shown. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the map. One of the few double page plans published by Tallis. The project of 'The Illustrated Atlas' was designed to be finished just in time for the anxiously awaited "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" or The Great Exhibition sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park London from 1 May to 11 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fairs exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century and it was a much-anticipated event. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert husband of the reigning monarch Queen Victoria. It was attended by numerous notable figures of the time including Charles Darwin Samuel Colt members of the Orléanist Royal Family and the writers Charlotte Brontë Charles Dickens Lewis Carroll George Eliot and Alfred Tennyson. Music for the opening was under the direction of Sir George Thomas Smart and the continuous music from the exhibited organs for the Queen's procession was "under the superintendence of William Sterndale Bennett". Wikipedia unknown
18072109220001Privately printed 1807. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Signed. Folio 14 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches. Limited edition of only 120 copies. Bound in contemporary navy quarter morocco over marbled boards. Some rubbing to cover. 28 engraved plates vignettes. Final leaf has a small ink stain at the corner. Light foxing. Inscribed by the author the Duchess of Sutherland to Sir Hugh Innes Bt. Innes 1764-1831 was a Scottish MP for Ross-shire and Sutherland. [Privately printed] hardcover
181055309(London, ca. 1810). Folio. (45 x 28 cm.). Later hcloth. Gilt lettering on upper cover. 4 pp. in folio. + engraved map (44 x 52 cm.) Chart of the East Coast of Scotland Bu John Thornton. Left and right margins shaved (no loss of image). Light browning and a few brownspots.
181055309London ca. 1810. Folio. 45 x 28 cm. Later hcloth. Gilt lettering on upper cover. 4 pp. in folio. engraved map 44 x 52 cm. Chart of the East Coast of Scotland Bu John Thornton. Left and right margins shaved no loss of image. Light browning and a few brownspots. hardcover
182612711BBLondon, John and Arthur Arch, 1826. 38x28 cm. LIII, 96 S.; 2 Bl., S. 97-208. Mit 2 gestoch. Titeln, 51 (1 doppelblattgr.) gestoch. Tafeln. HLdr.-Bd. der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückentitel und Kopfgoldschnitt. 2 vol. in 1.
182766800Perth: printed by Crerar and Son 1827. 12mo pp. 295 1; largely unopened; original brown paper-covered boards red paper shelfback printed paper label on spine Forbes clan coat of arms "Grace me Guide" stamped on the upper board; spine sunned edges rubbed inscription on title page reading "Ruth Forbes One Hund. & Seventy six" light toning to a couple of leaves and the occasional very light spotting very good. Includes dissertations on the life and writings of James I the Scots language and Scottish music. Much of the book is taken up with his best-known poem the King's Quair nearly 1400 lines which was "composed by him while he was a prisoner in the castle of Windsor upon the Lady Jane a princess of the blood royal of England to whom he was afterwards espoused" preface. The boards on the book are slight and appear recycled. John Price notes that his copy in boards reuses "discarded leaves for a temporary binding. printed by Crerar and Son unknown
182624587Edinburgh: Printed for W. and C. Tait by W. Aitken; Printed by George Ramsay for Archibald Constable and Company 1826. First editions. Only 120 copies were printed of the last work according to a contemporary manuscript note. Handcolored initial on frontispiece engravings engraving at the back of the second work. Frontispiece of the third volume loose. 3 vols. 8vo. Uniformly bound in brown calf spine decorated in blind and gilt with arabesque lozenge on each cover from the library of William Gordon of Fybie with bookplate. Spines and joints quite rubbed upper joints starting some offsetting or spotting mostly at front and back else a very attractive work in a brown cloth box. First editions. Only 120 copies were printed of the last work according to a contemporary manuscript note. Handcolored initial on frontispiece engravings engraving at the back of the second work. Frontispiece of the third volume loose. 3 vols. 8vo. Printed for W. and C. Tait by W. Aitken; Printed by George Ramsay for Archibald Constable and Company unknown
182624587Edinburgh: Printed for W. and C. Tait by W. Aitken; Printed by George Ramsay for Archibald Constable and Company 1826. First editions. Only 120 copies were printed of the last work according to a contemporary manuscript note. Handcolored initial on frontispiece engravings engraving at the back of the second work. Frontispiece of the third volume loose. 3 vols. 8vo. Uniformly bound in brown calf spine decorated in blind and gilt with arabesque lozenge on each cover from the library of William Gordon of Fybie with bookplate. Spines and joints quite rubbed upper joints starting some offsetting or spotting mostly at front and back else a very attractive work in a brown cloth box. First editions. Only 120 copies were printed of the last work according to a contemporary manuscript note. Handcolored initial on frontispiece engravings engraving at the back of the second work. Frontispiece of the third volume loose. 3 vols. 8vo. Antiquities of Scotland. Printed for W. and C. Tait by W. Aitken; Printed by George Ramsay for Archibald Constable and Company unknown books
1885ED14-1011Glasgow, David Bryce & Son., August 1885. original Broschur, 12?, 172 pages, am Map, a good copy
18219881A Paris, chez J. M. Barba, 1821. In-12 de 334-[2] pages, demi-veau glacé rouge, dos à faux nerfs orné de roulettes, filets et titre dorés et de fleurons et filets à froid, tranches marbrées.
1824LCI-6404London, John Sharpe 1824 2 in -4 plein cuir, dos à caissons ornés et pièce de titre 240 [p.p]259 [p.p] ÉDITION DE LUXE DE 1824 — ROBERT BURNS, POEMS AND SONGSReliure en plein cuir d’époque, dos à caissons ornés, pièce de titre dorée — un vrai bijou de bibliophilie.Intérieur impeccable : pages blanches, sans rousseurs, reliure solide, comme sortie de l’atelier. Pour les amoureux de la poésie écossaise, les collectionneurs de reliures d’art, ou ceux qui veulent un livre qui raconte une histoire — et qui en vaut la peine. “Un livre qui ne se lit pas — il se contemple, se touche, se transmet.” Rare en cet état — seulement 1 exemplaire disponible.
182865889Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons 1828. Hardcover Quarto. Hardcover. Good. light brown leather gilt lettering to red and brown moroccan leather stamps at spine raised bands two volumes 736 pp 401005 pp 11 pp ex-library copy with stamp to rear title page rubbing at spine and edges spine lifting from volume I and nearly lifted off along with front board volume II marbled edges and endpapers<br /> <br /> Standard shipping no tracking / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
184897631848. Full Leather. Good binding. 5-1/4" x 3-3/8." 108 pp. Full brown leather over flexible boards. Vertical red rules for accounting printed on each page. 1-3/8" strip of leather neatly removed from the fore-edge of the front cover; occasional ink spotting and minor stains throughout; toned leaves with a few creases; faded pencil calculations to pastedowns. <br /> <br /> Interesting mid-19th century farm ledger apparently from eastern Scotland possibly Inverurie or Aberdeen recorded during the great famines in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands. The currency symbols at the top of the expense and income columns appear to be in pounds shilling and pence and various place and personal names which appear repeatedly in the text – i.e. Commercial Co. of Port Elfinston sic Aberdeen Wm. Duncan et al – lead to our deducing this locale. Although the ledger is anonymous the names of Robert Frasier Brach and James Dugard appear possibly as business clients as do the names of the recorder's many temporary workers. These workers usually hired around the planting and harvesting season are both male and female and include Mary Ellice Jas Marr George Dugard Wm. Duncan Alex Burr and many others. <br /> <br /> Extensively detailed and highly readable this ledger document the many expenses and income sources of a working farm showing precise amounts for equipment scythes and carts feature prominently horses bolls of meal barrels of lime whisky and various other sundries. The farm's produce relied heavily on grains especially corn and barley just as the Corn Laws were being heatedly debated in Parliament and its overall diversity demonstrates the crop diversity that allowed eastern Scotland and the Lowlands to evade the ravages of the potato blight; plots and crops for planting the "slack land" are also demarcated. Charts showing daily employee wages are also of special note. <br /> <br /> Overall a unique useful and well-maintained agricultural document concurrent with and standing in stark contrast to the devastation occurring in the western portion of the country and Ireland at that time. unknown
1818000211Constable & Co. Ltd, Edinburgh 1818. 1. Auflage Halbleinen/Hartkarton. Sehr gut
182138011821 broché petit in-octavo (paperback in-octavo), dos et couverture marrons clairs imprimés et illustrés (brown spine and cover printed and illustrated), gouttière long papier (fore-edge - great papier), illustrations : 3 dessins de Isabey - 2 planches dessinées et enluminées par Bory de Saint-Vincent et d'une carte itinéraire de Monsieur de Cailleux et du portrait d'un Chef de Clan (3 drawings of Isabey - 2 plates of Bory de Saint-Vincent and intinerary map of Mister de Cailleux and portrait of a chieftain), 335 pages, 1821 à Paris Chez J.-N. Barba Libraire,
183546401683Paris, Dentu, Edimbourg, Blackwood, Leipsick, Bossange, Prague, Ryba, 1835 ; in-4, demi-maroquin vert à coins, dos lisse orné, filets dorés sur les plats. 137 pp., 30 lithographies et 1 fac-similé.ÉDITION ORIGINALE. Récit du voyage en Ecosse fait par le jeune fils de la duchesse de Berry en exil en Angleterre avec la famille royale “pour faire une utile diversion à ses études.” Ruines de Lochleven et du château de Bothwell, loch Ness, cascades de Bruar et de Dunkeld, défilé de Killicrankie, lacs Ericht, Awe et Leven, Culloden... Ce bel album romantique nous emmène dans les sites sauvages de l’Écosse que les lecteurs avaient appris à connaître à travers les romans noirs.Exemplaire dans une élégante reliure, qq. rousseurs, fente sans manque au faux-titre.
1851200138AG1851. London & New York John Tallis & Company 1851. Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by H. Winkles. Plate Size: 48 cm x 36 cm. Sheet Size: 52.5 cm x 37.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map / city-plan in very good condition. Published in the Illustrated Atlas And Modern History Of The World Geographical Political Commercial & Statistical Edited By R. Montgomery Martin. Handsome town-plan of Glasgow in the West Central Lowlands of Scotland. The River Clyde can be seen running through the industrial city being joined by the smaller River Kelvin in the lower left corner. Canals railways street and district areas of the city are also included. The coat of arms of the City of Glasgow is present on the map. Decorative scrolling and title cartouche around the edges of the map. One of the few double page plans published by Tallis. The project of 'The Illustrated Atlas' was designed to be finished just in time for the anxiously awaited "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations" or The Great Exhibition sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park London from 1 May to 11 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fairs exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century and it was a much-anticipated event. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert husband of the reigning monarch Queen Victoria. It was attended by numerous notable figures of the time including Charles Darwin Samuel Colt members of the Orléanist Royal Family and the writers Charlotte Brontë Charles Dickens Lewis Carroll George Eliot and Alfred Tennyson. Music for the opening was under the direction of Sir George Thomas Smart and the continuous music from the exhibited organs for the Queen's procession was "under the superintendence of William Sterndale Bennett". Wikipedia unknown
181058537<p>broadside 24.7 x 20.8 cms. drop head title as above below that the names of 45 clans and their badges in two columns imprint at foot all inside an attractive double-twist black and white decorative border apparently once pasted on the rear presumably into an album and a few trifling patches of damage and a short closed tear no loss tear from being lifted but overall very good. Attractive. Very rare.</p><p>The only copy located is in National Library of Scotland. Although without place of printing or date the imprint "R. Menzies Printer" was used by the Edinburgh firm of that name between about 1810 and 1820.<br />For each clan is given its name and its wild plant badge. Below the tabel is printed "The Chief of each respective Clan to wear two Eagles Feathers in his Bonnet in addition to the Distinguishing badge of his Clan". This might seem to indicate that this was printed for a particular event possibly a part of the visit of the King to Scotland organized by Sir Walter Scott in 1822.</p> R. Menzies, Printer
18922310London, Edinburgh, and New York, T. Nelson and Sons, 1892. 1 vol. (148 x 200) de [71 ff.] (non paginé), demi-basane rouge, plats plastifiés à motifs écossais, 1er plat orné d’une vue d’Edimbourg, tranches dorées. Dos et coiffes frottés, petit accroc à la coiffe inf., quelques rousseurs.