Primrose, Peter LBiblio.com
List of Persons Concerned in the Rebellion.
1890167256Edinburgh: Privately printed for the Earl of Rosebery by T. and A. Constable the Queen's printers 1890. First edition privately printed for the author and inscribed by him on the limitation page to his library at Durdans House. Primrose who was prime minister from 1894 to 1895 idolized the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 as "the last burst of chivalry" p. xviii. His List is presented as a "bare official record" p. vii to the much-romanticized event. "Bonnie Prince Charlie" and his doomed Scottish rebellion became legendary almost immediately upon their defeat. The 1890s saw a surge in public interest spurred by the publication of the "Skye Boat Song" in 1888. The rebellion held personal interest for Primrose. As a Liberal Party politician he sympathized with the Jacobite desire for independence; as a keen sportsman he admired the reckless bravura of a small force that challenged a much larger foe. Further he was born in Scotland raised in the Scottish church and held lands in Scotland. He stopped short of endorsing the Jacobites as he fervently condemned their leader's Catholicism. Provenance: bookplate of Durdans House Library. Primrose was a keen and discerning collector. His library at Durdans featured highlights including a Shakespeare First Folio a manuscript of Jane Austen's Lady Susan and Napoleon's death mask. The collection was sold at auction in 1933. Quarto 257 x 176 mm. Original white quarter imitation vellum printed paper label to spine blue paper-covered boards edges untrimmed. Spine label toned ends bumped a few marks to boards endpapers a little offset a few small ink and pencil correction in the author's hand to the introduction some edges unopened: a very good copy. hardcover
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