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having given him the occasion for this Latin poem; just twelve years, as he states, after the occurrence of a great plague in Scotland.

24399 FULLER (J.) History of Berwick upon Tweed, 8vo. map and plates of Views, fine copy, tree-marbled calf extra, gilt marbled edges, by Kalthober, from the Beckford library, Hamilton Palace, £8. 8s

Edinb. 1799

24400 GAELIC SOCIETY of Inverness, Transactions of, Vol. VI, 1876-7, 8vo. cloth, 6s 1878

Including: The Authenticity of Ossian-Remains of Ancient Religion in the North-The Collecting of Highland Legends-The Cosmos of Ancient Gaels; etc.

24401 GILCHRIST'S Collection of Ancient and Modern Scottish Ballads, Tales, and Songs, with explanatory notes, 2 vols. 12mo. halj calf, 20s Edinb. 1815 24402 GILLESPIE (George, Minister at Glasgow) Treatise of Miscellany Questions: wherein many usefull Questions and Cases of Conscience are discussed and resolved: sm. 4to. old calf, 10s Edinburgh, 1649 21403 Glasgow. MCURE (John, alias Campbell) View of the City of Glasgow, its Origin, Rise, and Progress, sm. 8vo. complete, with the Portrait, Coat of Arms, North-West and South-West Views, and Dedication to the Duke of Argyle, calf extra, £10. 10s

Glasgow, James Duncan, 1736

A rare and curious work by the Clerk to the Registration of Seisins and other Evidents, containing accounts of the Hospitals, Halls, Fairs, the several Corporations, the Rise of Trade, etc. collected from private MSS. and other ancient sources.

24404 GOLAGRUS AND GAWAIN. The KNIGHTLY TALE OF GOLAGRUS AND GAWANE, and other ancient Poems [reprinted from the originals, printed by W. Chepman and A. Myllar in 1508, and edited by David Laing], 4to. black letter, woodcuts, some leaves as usual inlaid, morocco extra, gilt edges, £8.

Edinburgh, 1827 24405 the same, 4to. printed on vellum, half morocco, uncut, £80. 1827 24406 GORDON (A.) Itinerarium Septentrionale; Journey through Scotland and the North of England, with the SUPPLEMENT containing an account of all the Monuments, Roman, Scoto-Danish, etc. folio, numerous plates, wanting No. 24, Castle Cary Fort at page 57, calf, 24s 1726-32 24407 GORDON (J.) Memoirs of John Gordon, of Glencat, Aberdeen, who was thirteen years in the Scotch College at Paris, among the secular clergy, wherein the absurdities and delusions of Popery are laid open and the history of Baianism, Jansenism, and the constitution Unigenitus, 12mo. calf, 7s 6d 1734

24408 GORDON (Rev. J. F. S.) Scotichronicon: comprising Bishop Keith's Catalogue of Scottish Bishops enlarged; with Reeves and Goodall's Treatises on the Culdees, 2 vols. 1867-Monasticon: an Account (based on Spottiswoode's) of all the Abbeys, Priories and Collegiate Churches and Hospitals in Scotland at the Reformation, Vol. I, 1868-Journal and

Appendix to Scotichronicon and Monasticon, Vol. I, 1867— together 4 vols. in 12 parts, 4to. (all published), numerous portraits of eminent Scottish Theologians, cloth, 36s

Glasgow, 1867-8 The Appendix contains a history of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland since the Reformation, with Lives of the Clergy.

24409 HAMMILTONII (A.) Calvinianæ Confusionis Demonstratio contra maledicam Ministrorum Scotia Responsionem, sm. 8vo. title mended, fine copy, blue morocco extra, £5.

Paris, 1581 24410 HAMILTON (Archp. John) THE CATECHISME. That is to say, ane comone and catholik instruction of the christin people in materis of our catholik faith and religioun, quhilk na gud christin man or woman suld misknaw; set furth be ye maist reuerend father in God Johne Aschbischop of sanct Androus Legatuait and primat of ye kirk of Scotland, in his prouincial counsale haldin at Edinburgh the xxvi day of Januarie, the zeir of our Lord 1551, sm. 4to. BLACK LETTER, some leaves mended, olive morocco extra, gilt edges, £160.

Lowndes was unable to quote any copy sold by auction.

Prentit at sanct Androus, be the command and expesis of.. . . Johne Primat of the hail Kirk of Scotland, xxix day of August, 1552

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THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED AT ST. ANDREW'S, AND EXCESSIVELY RARE. There are only three or four copies in existence. It would not, however, have been surprising if all had perished under the destructive rage of the triumphant party of Reform. Religious animosities burned as fiercely in Scotland as in any other country of the age. The Archbishop was taken prisoner by his enemies in 1571, and immediately hanged.

24411 (HARRY THE MINSTREL) Life and Acts of the most Famous and valiant Champion, Sir William Wallace, Knight of Ellerslie, Maintainer of the Liberty of Scotland (turned from the Latin of J. Blair into Scots Meeter by Blind Harry), 12mo. black letter, morocco, gilt edges, RARE, £7. 78 Edinb. Gideon Lithgow, 1661 24412 (HARRY THE MINSTREL) The metrical History of Sir William Wallace, Knight of Ellerslie, by Henry commonly called Blind Harry, carefully transcribed from the MS. in the Advocates' Library, 3 vols. 12mo. frontispieces, calf, 20s Perth, 1790

Blind Harry flourished after the middle of the fifteenth century. His poem is said to be based on materials of real historical value. This was the first edition of the veritable text.

24413 HERD (David) Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, etc.—a page for page reprint of the 1776 edition, with memoir by Sidney Gilpin, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 18s Edinburgh, 1870

24414 HERON (Robert) Observations made in a journey through the Western Counties of Scotland, 1792, 2 vols. 8vo. map and 13 plates, calf, 78 6d Perth, 1799 24415 HISTORIANS OF SCOTLAND, edited by W. F. Skene, David Laing, and W. Reeves, with translations by Felix J. H. Skene, 7 vols. 8vo. beautifully printed on fine ribbed paper, cloth, £3. 10s Edinburgh, 1871-77

Contents Vol. I, Fordun, Chronica Gentis Scotorum: II, III, Wyntoun's Cronykil of Scotland, by Laing, vols. I, II (vol. III not yet published); IV, Fordun's Chronicle, in English; V, Lives of S. Ninian and S. Kentigern; VI, Adamnan's Life of S. Columba, edited by Reeves; VII, Liber Pluscardensis.

24416 HOGG (James) Poetical Works, 4 vols. 12mo. boards, 10s Edinburgh, 1822 Jacobite Relics of Scotland: being the Songs, Airs and Legends of the Adherents of the House of Stuart, with the music, 2 vols. 8vo. half morocco, uncut, rare, £2. 10s

24417

Edinburgh, 1819-21 24418 HOLLAND (Sir Richard) BUKE OF THE HOWLAT (in Verse) edited (with a valuable historical preface) and presented to the Bannatyne Club by David Laing, PRINTED ON VELLUM IN BLACK LETTER, UNIQUE, with MAGNIFICENT BORDERS AND VIGNETTES, exquisitely illuminated in gold and colours, by William Penney, of Mid-Calder, A BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN OF THE ARTIST'S SKILL, green morocco, super extra, £125. Edinb. 1823

This allegorical Scottish poem was written about 1453, and preserves many peculiarities of ancient English metrical composition which were already obsolete. It is largely devoted to the expression of eulogies on the house of Douglas-" the lineage of the Bleeding Heart;" and has therefore been supposed to embody a satire on the King, James II, who had slain Earl William, and with whom the Douglases were at feud.

The name of the artist, William Penny, is almost unknown, but by the few who have seen his performances he is recognized as an extraordinary genius. Both in fancy and in execution, the drawings with which he has embellished "the Howlat" are exquisitely perfect.

1860

24419 INNES (Cosmo) Scotland in the Middle Ages; Sketches of early Scotch History, and social progress, 8vo. cloth, 68 6d 24420 INNES (Thomas) Critical Essay on the Ancient Inhabitants of the Northern parts of Britain, or Scotland, with an Appendix of Ancient MS. Pieces, 2 vols. 8vo. genealogical tables, calf, £2. 10s

24421 24422

the same, 2 vols. 8vo. FINE PAPER, calf, £5.

1729 1729

the same, 2 vols. 4to. LARGEST PAPER, blue morocco extra, gilt edges, rare. £18.

1729

24423 INTEREST of Scotland considered with regard to its Police, Agriculture, Trade, Manufactures, and Fisheries, Edinburgh (1733)

-Reasons for encouraging the Linnen manufacture of Scotland, 1735-2 vols. sm. 8vo. one calf, the other sd. 4s 6d 1733-5 24424 IRVINI (Christoph.) Historia Scotica nomenclatura Latino-vernacula, 12mo. calf, 7s 6d Edinb. 1682

A geographical Dictionary, chiefly Scottish, and altogether in English, although arranged under Latin heads.

JAMES VI (I of England) Works-see p. 2238.

24425 JAMESON (W.) Nazianzeni, etc. The Fundamentals of the Hierarchy examined, sm. 4to. calf, £3. 16s

Glasgow, A. Sanders, 1697 24426 JAMIESON (John) Historical Account of the Ancient Culdees of Iona, and of their settlements in Scotland, England, and Ireland, 4to. frontispiece, hf. morocco gilt, gilt top, uncut, £2. 168

Edinburgh, 1811 24427 JAMIESON (Robert) Popular Ballads and Songs, from tradition, MSS. etc. with translations of similar pieces from Danish, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. calf, 18s Edinb. 1806 24428 JONSTONI (J.) Inscriptiones Historica Regum Scotorum. Præfixus est Gathelus, sive de Gentis Origine Fragmentum A. Melvini, with the engravings of arms and the 10 rare portraits, Amst. 1602-Ejusdem Heroes ex omni Historia Scotica lectissimi, Lugd. Bat. 1603—2 vols. in 1, sm. 4to. red morocco extra, gilt edges, £16.

A copy of the Inscriptiones only, sold for £13. 13s in the Roxburghe sale. 24429 JOHNSTON (T. B.) Historical Geography of the Clans of Scotland, 4to. large map on linen, cloth, 7s 6d

1872 24430 KAY'S (J., the Scottish engraver) Works, consisting of the Portraits of local celebrities, 4to. 303 engravings, early PROOFS, the names written in pencil underneath, with a MS. Index, hf. bd. calf, £14. Edinburgh, 1780-1800

From the library of Sir Robert Peel. The first issue of the plates had

no title.

1721

24431 KEITH'S Catalogue of Scottish Bishops down to the year 1688, 4to. calf, 78 Edinburgh, 1755 24432 KELLY (James) Collection of Scotish Proverbs, 8vo. FIRST EDITION, old calf, good copy, 25s 24433 KENNEDY (Mathew) Chronological, Genealogical and Historical dissertation of the royal family of the STUARTS, sm. 8vo. numerous MS. notes in a contemporary hand on the margin, calf gilt, scarce, £4. Paris, 1705 24434 KIRKWOOD (Ja.) Rhetoricæ compendium; de Analysi tractatiuncula authore Jacobo Kirkwodo, 18mo. bound in red morocco, gilt edges, the sides covered with gold tooling, £3. 3s

Edinburgi, 1678

Probably bound for presentation to the Duke of Lauderdaile, to whom the dedication is addressed.

21435 [KNOX (John)] THE HISTORIE OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, 12mo. FIRST EDITION, fine copy, with autograph of "D. Uxbridge, November 14th, 1677," in vellum, from the Hamilton Palace library, £31. 10s (Vautrollier, 1584) The excessive rarity of this first edition is too well known to require any

comment. Being unable to get the work printed in Scotland it was confided to Vautrollier in London, who had set up sheets B to M m (pages 17 to 560) when by order of the Archbishop of Canterbury the entire impression was seized and destroyed, with the exception of the very few copies sent away previously as the sheets were finished.

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24436 KNOX (John) Psalmes of David and Liturgy, with Calvin's Catechisme, 3 vols. in 1, 12mo. with Music, title mended, morocco extra, gilt edges, £20. Edinburgh, Andro Hart, 1611 24437 KNOX (James) Topography of the Basin of the Tay, 12mo. 3 plates, bds. 3s 6d

1831 24438 [LAING (David)] Early Metrical Tales, including the history of Sir Egeir, Sir Gryme, and Sir Gray-Steill, 12mo. 2 plates, bds. uncut, £2. 16s

With historical and antiquarian disquisitions.

24439

24440

24441

24442

Edinburgh, 1836

the same, Thick Paper, green morocco extra, gilt edges, £10.

1836 Contents: Sir Gray Steill; Priests of Peblis; King Estmere; Roswall and Lilian; and other pieces; all from old Scottish impressions or MSS.

Select Remains of the early POPULAR POETRY of Scotland, complete, with the suppressed fourth leaf of "ane Ballat of Matrymonie," sm. 4to. calf gilt, £6. Edinb. 1822 another copy, sm. 4to. with the fourth leaf of "ane Ballat of Matrymonie," half morocco, uncut, £7.

1822

Only 108 copies printed, of which many were destroyed by fire. This is a curious collection of twenty-five poetical pieces, valuable philologically, and for their sketches of manners and customs. It includes the stories of True Thomas of Ercildoune, Orfeo and Heurodis, the Awntyrs of King Arthur, the Nine Worthies, etc.

Various Pieces of Fugitive Scottish Poetry, principally of the seventeenth century, morocco extra, gilt edges, by Hayday (1825)-SECOND SERIES, calf extra, gilt edges, ing Bedford, 1853; -2 vols. sm. 8vo. fronts. by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, £12. Edinburgh (1825)-53

Of the first series only 72 copies were printed; of the second 70. 24443 LAING (H.) Descriptive Catalogue of Impressions from Ancient SCOTTISH SEALS, from 1094 to the Commonwealth, 4to. 30 plates, bds. £2. 10s Edinburgh, 1850

24444

24444*

the same, printed on fine paper for the Members of the Maitland Club, 4to. bds. £2. 16s

1850

Supplementary Catalogue of Ancient SCOTTISH SEALS, from 1150 to the 18th Century, 4to. 15 plates, and numerous woodcuts, cloth Edinburgh, 1866

24445 LAING (Malcolm) History of Scotland from the Union under James I to the time of Queen Anne, 4 vols. 8vo. calf, 15s 1804 24446 Lanarkshire. GREENSHIELDS (J. B.) Annals of the Parish of Lesmahagow, 4to. plates, cloth, 36s

Edinburgh, printed for Subscribers only, 1864 24447 LAUDER (William) Ane compendious And breue Tractate, concernyng ye Office and dewtie of Kyngis, Spirituall Pastoris, and temporall Jugis Laitlie Compylit be William Lauder. For the

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