Lot 178
  • 178

[Scottish History--Jacobites]

Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of works relating to the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1938, comprising:
  • paper
i) The Caledonian Mercury. Numbers 3790-3934. Edinburgh: Thomas Ruddiman and Company, 1 January 1745 - 30 December 1745, sheep-backed boards [Sir William Forbes, bookplate], occasional ink annotations, leaves shaved;

ii) Rae, Peter. The History of the Rebellion, Rais'd against His Majesty King George I. London: A. Millar, 1746, calf [Sir John Hussey Delaval, bookplate], hinges cracked



iii) Home, John. The History of the Rebellion in the Year 1745. London: A. Strahan, 1802, one plate, 4 engraved maps and plans (3 of which folding), marbled calf [Sir William Forbes, bookplate and ownership signature on title], Oo2 and Oo3 detached and with tear; 



iv) Forbes, Duncan George. Culloden Papers. London: T. Caddell and W. Davies, 1815, frontispiece and additional engraved title, 2 engraved plates, brown calf gilt [Sir William Forbes, bookplate], plates apparently shaved, boards bowed



v) Chambers, Robert. Jacobite Memoirs of the Rebellion of 1745. Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1834half-title, hinges cracking, backstrip becoming detached



vi) Tayler, Alistair and Henrietta. Jacobites of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire in the Rising of 1715. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1934half-title, frontispiece and 7 plates [ownership inscription of 'Clinton, Oct. 1934' on front free endpaper; Hugh Rees LTD., label]; 



vii) Tayler, Alistair and Henrietta (eds.). Jacobite Letters to Lord Pitsligo 1745-1746. Aberdeen: Milne & Hutchinson, 1930, half-title, 8 plates, blue cloth gilt; 



viii) Tayler, Henrietta. The Jacobite Court at Rome in 1719. Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable Ltd., 1938. Half-title, frontispiece, green cloth gilt;



4to and 8vo, some spotting and browning throughout, occasional worming and minor loss, bindings somewhat worn (8)

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