Scotland

i) Innes, Thomas. A critical essay on the ancient inhabitants of the northern parts of Britain, or Scotland. London: William Innys, 1729, 2 volumes, 4to (221 x 172mm.), folding table in volume two, full speckled calf, spines gilt in compartments [ESTC T146375], lacking spine label on volume one, boards rubbed and soiled, collector’s bookplate [arms of MacTavish clan?];

ii) Lowth, William. The life of William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester. London: A. Millar and R. and J. Dodsley, 1758, 8vo (209 x 123mm.), folding table at end, full panelled calf, all edges speckled [ESTC T113066] [John Mann, Durham, manuscript booklabel and inscription; N. Frank Hill, Elmley Park, ownership inscription dated 1855], binding worn with upper board reattached, lacking spine label;



iii) Boece, Hector. The history and chronicles of Scotland…translated by John Bellenden. Edinburgh: Reprinted for W. and C. Tait, 1821, 2 volumes, 4to (230 x 180mm.), half-titles, woodcut facsimile of original 1536 title page printed in black and red in volume one, woodcut depicting the crucifixion on final page of volume two, woodcut initials, full calf elaborately gilt, spine gilt in compartments, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, some soiling to binding, occasional browning and offsetting; 



iv) Cunningham, Allan. The songs of Scotland, ancient and modern. London: John Taylor, 1825, 4 volumes in 2, 8vo (190 x 115mm.), green calf over marbled boards, boards a little rubbed, some browning;



v) Logan, James. The Scottish gaël; or celtic manners, as preserved among the highlanders. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1831, 2 volumes, 8vo (206 x 132mm.), coloured frontispiece in each volume, 4 plates in volume one (3 of which hand coloured), 2 hand coloured plates in volume two, 4 additional hand coloured plates mounted on blank leaves (at p.305 in volume one, two at p.155 and one at p.385 in volume two), illustrations, burgundy morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, all edges red [William Cooke, bookplate], lacking front free endpaper in volume one, boards a little rubbed;



vi) Burns, Robert. The poems, letters, and land of Robert Burns. London: George Virtue, 1838, 2 volumes in one, folio (286 x 220mm.), portrait frontispieces and additional engraved pictorial titles, 86 (of 87) plates, green calf over marbled boards, binding rubbed, spotting to plates;



vii) Gordon, Mary. Christopher North. A memoir of John Wilson. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1862, 2 volumes, 8vo (192 x 127mm.), portrait frontispiece in volume one, plates, blue pictorial cloth gilt, frontispiece loose;



viii) Smith, Alexander. The poetical works of Robert Burns. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1865, 2 volumes, small 8vo (156 x 104mm), 2pp. publisher's adverts at end of each volume, original green cloth gilt, slightly bumped at head and foot of spine;



ix) Bibliotheca Curiosa. The last fight of the revenge and the death of Sir Richard Grenville. Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1886, 2 volumes, 8vo (178 x 107mm.), one of 275 copies on small paper, half-titles, original printed parchment wrappers, some browning;



together 16 volumes

William O'Brien, each with bequest booklabels dated 1899; library stamps

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