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These beautiful Poems are so very rare that but few collections contain them. They are scarcely Scottish Literature, but as the work of a Scottish poet, may take their place here. In the Darius, Act iii, Sc. 3, some lines of the Persian king's soliloquy bear a strong resemblance to the celebrated passage in the Tempest, beginning with "The cloud-capped towers." The Tempest, in all probability, was written subsequently to Darius, so that Shakspeare appears to have borrowed the idea from Lord Stirling. The lines in Darius begin with "Let greatnesse of her glascie scepters vaunt."

24307 ANCIENT SCULPTURED MONUMENTS of the County of Angus, including those at Meigle in Perthshire and one at Fordoun in the Mearns, with descriptive Letterpress by Patrick Chalmers, elephant folio, 24 fine plates in tints, hf. bd. £6. 15s Edinburgh, 1848

Only one hundred copies were printed for presentation to the members of the Bannatyne Club.

24308 ANDERSON (Joseph) Scotland in Early Christian Times, the Rhind Lectures on Archeology, 1879-80, both series, 2 vols. 8vo. plates and woodcuts of Facsimiles of MSS., Sculptured monuments and other remains of Celtic Art, cloth, £1.

24309

1881

the same (First Series, 1879) 8vo. woodcuts and plates,

cloth, 108
ARCHEOLOGIA SCOTICA-see p. 491.

1881

24310 PROCEEDINGS of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, a complete set from the beginning in 1851 to 1876, being vols. I-IX, with Appendix to the sixth volume, 26 thick parts, small 4to. profusely illustrated throughout with fine plates, portraits and woodcuts, some of the plates coloured, sd. £10: Edin. 1852-76 24311 Atlas. ARMSTRONG (Mostyn John) Scotch Atlas, or description of the Kingdom of Scotland, engraved title and table, and 30 coloured maps, 1787-SCALE (Bernard) Hibernian Atlas, or general description of the kingdom of Ireland, engraved title, dedication, preface, and table, 37 coloured maps and 37 engraved leaves of text, 1788-2 vols. in 1, sm. 4to. old russia extra, gilt edges, fine copies, £2. 16s 1787-88

see post LESLEUS and NICOLAY.

24312 BALFOUR (Sir J.) Ballads and other fugitive poetical pieces, chiefly Scottish, from the collections of Sir James Balfour, sm. 4to. woodcuts, only forty-eight copies printed, bds. £2. 2s

BANNATYNE CLUB-see ante, p. 2196.

Edinburgh, 1834

24313 BANNATYNE MS. Ancient Scottish Poems, published from the MS. of George Bannatyne, 1568, 8vo. with Notes and Glossary, half red morocco extra, uncut, 20s (Edinb. 1770; Leeds, 1815)

Published by David Dalrymple, afterwards Lord Hailes.

24314 BARBOUR (John) [The Actes and Life of the most victorious Conquerour, Robert Bruce, King of Scotland], small 8vo. (12mo.), blark letter, without title and eighth leaf of preliminary matter, vellum, extremely rare, £8. 10s

24315

[Edinburgh, Andro Hart, 1620]

The Bruce, or the History of Robert I, King of Scot

land, written in Scottish verse, with Notes and Glossary, by J. Pinkerton, 3 vols. sm. 8vo. vignettes on titles, cloth, 258

1790 24316 BARBOUR (John) THE BRUCE, 3 vols. sm. 8vo. calf neat, £2. 2s 1790

Barbour was the first great poet in the English language; he is not so distinctively and locally Scottish as later writers from beyond the Tweed, and he enjoys as an author some chronological priority to his contemporary Chaucer.

see also BRUCE.

24317 BARONII (R.) ad Georgii Turnebulli Tetragonismum Pseudographum Apodixis Catholica, sive Apologia pro Disputatione de Formali Objecto Fidei, 12mo. a very fine clean copy in old calf, rare, 36s Aberdonia, Edw. Rabanus, 1631 Turnbull was a Roman Catholic who disputed with Baronius on the difference of dogma between the Roman and the Reformed Churches. The complete discussion on both sides is contained in the volume, although the title only indicates Baron's Answer. Dr. Baron was Divinity Professor at the Mareschal College.

24318 BEAUTIES of Scotland, an Account of the Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures of the Population, Cities, Towns, etc. by Forsyth, 5 vols. 8vo. numerous plates, half russia, fine copy, 36s Edinb. 1805-8 24319 BELLENDENI (Gul.) de Statu libri tres (with the elaborate and learned preface by Dr. Parr), with some MS. notes, 1787—A Free Translation of the Preface to Bellendenus, containing animated strictures on the great political characters of the present time (by W. Beloe), 1788-in 1 vol. 8vo. with portraits of Burke, Fox and North, hf. russia, 20s

BELLENDEN (John)-see BOECE.

1787-88

24320 BILLINGS' (R. W.) BARONIAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND, 4 vols. 4to. 240 beautiful plates of Baronial Halls, Castles, Abbeys, etc. with descriptive text, relating the History, Legends, etc. of each, and numerous woodcuts, half morocco, uncut, £10. 10s

24321

Edinburgh, for the Author by Blackwood and Sons (1845-52) the same, 4 vols. 4to. blue morocco extra, £10. (1845-52) see also ante, p. 1197.

24322 BODRUGAN OTHERWISE ADAMS (Nicholas) An Epitome of the title that the Kynges Maiestie of England, hath to the souereigntie of Scotlande, 12mo. black letter, blue morocco extra, gilt edges, by F. Bedford, £32.

R. Grafton, 1548

EXCESSIVELY RARE; the only copies I can trace being the White Knight's copy (1820) now in the Grenville library, and Hibbert's, sold in 1829, It was written just before the declaration of war against Scotland, and while it was still uncertain whether Edward VI might not break down the opposition to his union with the youthful Mary Queen of Scots; which, according to the author, would, if effected, only confirm a pre-existing supremacy and not create one.

24323 BOETHII (HECTORIS) SCOTORUM HISTORIE, folio, FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER, DEDICATION COPY TO

JAMES V OF SCOTLAND, title-page within an elegant woodcut border, and numerous large and handsome initial letters throughout the text, in the original stamped binding, impressed with thistle, rose, lily, bee and crown, gilt and goffered edges, UNIQUE, £84.

(Paris), Jodoci Badii Ascensi typis (1526) 24324 BOETHII (Hectoris) SCOTORUM HISTORIE a prima gentis origine lib. xix, accessit continuatio per Joan. Ferrerium (ad annum 1483), folio, calf, rare, from the Sunderland library, £12. 128

24325 BOECE (Hector).

24326

Paris, 1575 HEIR BEGINNIS THE HYSTORY AND CRONIKLIS OF SCOTLAND. (On reverse of thirtysixth preliminary leaf: Heir efter followis the history and croniklis of Scotland compilit and newly correckit be the reuerend and noble clerke maister Hector Boece channon of Aberdene. Translatit laitly be maister Johne Bellenden Archedene of Murray, channon of Ros), sm. folio, black letter, woodcuts, the title and the top line of the last leaf in facsimile, otherwise PERFECT; a large circular woodcut of the Crucifixion at the end, at the bottom of which appears the autograph of Alexander Drummond, the owner about the middle of the seventeenth century; red morocco extra, gilt edges, by BEDFORD, £75.

Edinburgh, Thomas Davidson (1536)

the same, small folio, the Dedication copy of King James V, with his autograph J. R. on the title; printed on Vellum, and bound for the King, in calf, re-backed, richly ornamented with gold tooling, and bearing impressed in letters of gold on obverse of cover IACOBVS QVINTVS, and on reverse REX SCOTORVM, with head of Dido, brass corners and clasps, gilt edges, £1000. (1536)

As a memorial of the gallant father of Mary Queen of Scots, as a rare book printed on vellum, as the editio princeps of a monumental work in Scottish literature, and as an example of Scottish bookbinding in 1536, this volume is one of extraordinary interest.

From the Hamilton Palace Library.

BOECE'S CRONIKLIS-continued.

24327 BOECE (H.) Hystory and Croniklis of Scotland (1536), the woodcut title, A i to D iii and the last leaf, folio ccl, 22 leaves, reprinted under the care of David Constable and Sir Alexander Boswell, £2.28

24328

24329

BOECE-the same, A iii to D iii, without C vi, 17 leaves, 21s

History and Chronicles of Scotland, translated by JOHN
BELLENDEN, 2 vols. sm. 4to. red mor. gilt edges, £6. Edinb. 1821
History of Scotland, 2 vols. 1821-TITUS LIVIUS,
Roman History, translated by Bellenden, 1822-together 3 vols.
4to. LARGE PAPER, bds. uncut, £15.
Edinb. 1821-22

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, Scottish-see ante, p. 1785. 24330 Book of Scottish PASQUILS and Lampoons, 3 parts in 1 vol. 12mo. hf. morocco, uncut, £3.

Only sixty copies printed.

Edinb. 1827-28

24331 BRUCE (the) and WALLACE; the former by Barbour, the latter by Henry the Minstrel, from two ancient MSS. in the Advocates' Library, with notes, biographical Sketches, and a Glossary, by Dr. Jamieson, 2 vols. 4to. bās. £5. Edinb. 1820

Two hundred and fifty copies printed. "The Bruce is a work not only remarkable for a copious circumstantial detail of the exploits of that illustrious prince and his brave companions in arms, Randolff, Earl of Moray, and the Lord James Douglas, but also for the beauty of style, which is not inferior to that of Chaucer."-Henry's Great Britain.

24332 THE BRUCE or the metrical History of Robert I, King of Scots, by Master John Barbour; Wallace, or the life and acts of Sir William Wallace, by Henry the Minstrel; edited with notes by John Jamieson, 2 vols. 12mo. cloth, 12s

Glasgow, 1869

24333 BUCHAN (Peter) Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland, hitherto unpublished, with notes, 2 vols. sm. 8vo. portrait, bds. 308 Edinburgh, 1828 24334 BUCHANANI (Georgii) Rerum Scoticarum Historia, small folio, Editio Princeps, in the original calf, RARE, £5.

24335

24336

24337

Edinburgi, apud Alexandrum Arbuthnetum, 1582 another copy, wormed, in the original pigskin binding, with clasps and corners, £6.

1582

Rerum Scoticarum Historia, auctore Georgio Buchanano notas addidit Jacobus Man, 8vo. bound in old red morocco super extra, gilt edges, the sides and back richly ornamented with gold, the centre-piece on the sides being a large circular-fan-shaped design imitated apparently from some Le Gascon pattern, £30. Abredoniæ, 1762

Bound at the same time as the date of the book.
de Jure Regni apud Scotos, Dialogus, sm. 8vo. cloth, 18s
s. l. (Edinburgh?) 1580

see post under MARY QUEEN OF Scors. 24338 BURNE (Nicol) DISPUTATION concerning the Controversit Headdis of Religion haldin in the Realme of Scotland, Pareis, 1581-Ane Admonition to the Antichristian Ministers in the deformit Kirk of Scotland (in Scottish verse), ib. 1581-2 parts in 1 vol. sm. 8vo. calf, EXTREMELY RARE, £30. 1581

The author, who had been Professor of Philosophy at St. Leonard's College in St. Andrews, and originally a Calvinist, was now turned Roman Catholic. The obscene translation of T. Beza de sua in Candidam et Audebertum

Benevolentia (folio 103-4)-so daintily Catulline in its Latin form, but so
hideous in the plain Scottish rhymes-is often torn out, and the metrical
Admonition unknown to Lowndes is so rare that it has sold separately at
high prices, and probably not more than three or four copies of it are known
to be extant.

This book is a curious source of information concerning the private lives
of the Reformers, and must not be neglected by students of the history of the
sixteenth century.
24339 BURNS (E.) Catalogue of Coins illustrative of Scottish History of
Thos. Coats, LARGE PAPER, 4to. sd. 5s
Glasgow, 1876
24340 Burns (Robert) THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN
BURNS AND CLARINDA, with a Memoir of Mrs.
McLehose (Clarinda), arranged and edited by her
Grandson, W. C. McLehose, sm. 8vo. illustrated
copy
in brown morocco, uncut, gilt top, £24. Edinburgh, 1843
A most interesting copy, in which are inserted the
following-

BURNS' autograph verses to Clarinda, beginning

"Fair Empress of the Poet's soul,"

finishing with a fourth stanza which does not appear in printed
editions.

BURNS' autograph letter to Clarinda, signed "Sylvander,"
-a very characteristic production.

MRS. MCLEHOSE's autograph letter concerning scraps of
Burns' writing.

BURNS' autograph letter to Mrs. Riddell, a very curious
piece beginning-

"Fate seems determined, Madam, to set you and I at
cross purposes."

There are some portraits and other illustrations likewise
inserted in the volume.

24341 BURNS (Robert, Poet) The Brigs of Ayr. A true Story, inscribed to John Ballantine, Esq., Ayr. Autograph of the entire Poem, as first printed in the Edinburgh edition of 1787, in the well-known handwriting of the poet, comprising about 240 lines, one of the longest and best of Burns' Poems, filling 7 full foolscap folio pages, perfect and in good condition, being interleaved and bound in red morocco extra, thin boards, and enclosed in a morocco pull-off case, very handsome, £63.

As a Memorial of Scotland's great Poet, nothing can exceed the interest of this beautiful volume. In coming years (and not far distant) we predict that, of all the many known relics of Burns, this will take a very high rank. "Scots wha' hae wi' Wallace bled," "Auld Lang Syne," and the long letter to Mrs. Dunlop of Dec. 15-25, 1793, recently sold by auction for £95, have all gone, with many other memorials of Burns, to America.

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