faithfull Enstructioun of Kyngis, and Prencis, sm. 4to. 2 woodcuts, red morocco, by Bedford, £84. Imprentit, in the zeir of God Ane M.V.C.LVJ. (1556) An excessively rare poem, addressed by the maker to all Catholyke Kyngis and Prencis. Only one other copy is known: that in the Britwell library, which is the identical copy recorded by Lowndes as having fetched £25. 10s. This one, formerly Leckie's and more recently Laing's, furnished the text of the Early English Text Society's reprint. John Scot is supposed to have printed it at Edinburgh; but for the same reason which impelled him to conceal his name in the St. Andrew's edition of Lyndsay's Dialogue he also withheld it here. The two woodcuts are curious early specimens of Scottish engraving. The first is a standing figure of a crowned King in armour, on the title, the other on the last page represents Christ sitting in judgment on the last day, with the words "Respice finem." 24448 Leith. ENGLISH (Peter) Survey of Policy, a free vindication of the Commonwealth of England, against Salmasius and other royalists, sm. 4to. in the original black morocco, gilt edges, £2. 16s Leith, 1653 EXTREMELY RARE; being probably the first book printed at Leith after Cromwell had established the printing-press in that town, from which the first Scottish newspaper issued in 1653. It has been said that Evan Tyler, of Edinburgh printed at Leith in 1652, but this is more than unlikely: he may have had a shop in Leith. LEAGUE and COVENANT-see p. 1688. 24449 LENNOX GARLAND; gleaned from divers fields of Scottish Poesy, sm. 8vo. black letter (only 50 copies reprinted), red morocco extra, gilt edges, by Bedford, £4. Glasgow, 1860 24450 LESLÆUS (Joannes) Episcopus Rossensis. De Origine, moribus et rebus regis Scotorum; accessit nova et accurata regionum et insularum Scotia, cum vera eiusdem tabula topographica, descriptio, sm. 4to. map and 9 genealogical plates with portraits, and 2 other plates, fine copy in old calf gilt, from the Sunderland library, £12. Romæ, 1578 the same, sm. 4to. FIRST EDITION, with the rare map and portraits, fine copy in olive morocco, rich gold tooling, gilt gaufré edges, with Arms of John III, King of Sweden, painted in centre on sides, from the Beckford library, £35. Romæ, 1578 Bound in Rome and sent to the King (whose secret adoption of the Catholic religion in 1580 perhaps suggested the presentation of this copy). 24451 See post MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. 24452 [LIVINGSTON (Michael)] Patronus Redux ; or our Protectour is return'd safe again, an historicall poem containing the Earl of Calandar's departure, his stay in England, and the effects thereof upon the town of Falkirk, composed by M. L., sm. 4to. blue morocco, the sides and back elaborately ornamented with gold, £9.9s Edinburgh, 1682 Only two copies of this curious poem appear to be known. 24453 LIVY's First Five Books of Roman History, translated by John Bellenden, 4to. bds. 12s Edin. 1822 24454 LYNDSAY (Sir David, Lion King of Arms) Works, corrected and enlarged, with Life and GLOSSARY, by Chalmers, 3 vols. sm. 8vo. boards, uncut, £2. 2s. 1806 24455 LYNDSAY [Ane Dialog betuix Experience and ane Courtiour] smallest 4to. imperfect, bd. £10. 24456 24457 24458 [St. Andrews, John Scot, about 1554] A DIALOGUE betweene Experience and a Courtier, of the Dialogus eller en samtale Imellom Forfarenhed oc en works. Ane Satyre of the thrie Estaits in commendation of vertew and vituperation of vyce, sm. 4to. old calf, 35s 24459 MAC IAN. Edinburgh, R. Charteris, 1602 The first seven and the last leaves are in MS. The CLANS of the SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS, illustrated by appropriate Figures, displaying their Dress, Tartans, Arms, Armorial Insignia, and Social Occupations, from Original Sketches by R. R. McIAN, 2 vols. royal folio, LARGE PAPER, 72 beautifully COLOURED plates, with Descriptions by JAMES LOGAN, half MOROCCO, emblematic tooling on the back and sides, gilt edges, £18. 1845 24460 MACKENZIE (Sir G.) Defence of the Antiquity of the Royal Line of Scotland, sm. 8vo. numerous manuscript notes by David Macpherson on the margin, calf gilt, fine copy, 30s 24461 1685 Antiquity of the Royal Line of Scotland, farther cleared This copy contains the folding Table giving the Genealogy of Alexander 24462 [MAIDMENT (J.) AND R. PITCAIRN], Nuga derelictæ, quas MAITLAND (Sir R.)-see PINKERton. Mary, Queen of Scots: 24463 APOLOGIE ou Defense de l'honorable sentence et tres-juste Execution de defuncte Marie Steuard derniere Royne d'Ecosse apres la fin du livre sont adjoustées les copies des lettres, qui servent à découvrir la trahison de ladite Royne, 12mo. with the two rare leaves of "Fautes survenues à l'Impression," calf, £6. 69 Paris (1588) The leaves of Errata are extremely scarce. The work itself, which is both rare and curious, is a translation from the book of M. Kyffin. 24464 BENGER (Miss) Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots, 2 vols. 8vo. portrait, 5 pages of MS. notes by Mr. Beckford, half morocco, uncut, top edges gilt, £9. 10s 1823 your Amongst the notes is the following, "I wish, dear Miss Benger, that style was a little less ornate, and your information a little less inaccurate." 24465 [BLACKWOOD (Adam)] HISTOIRE ET MARTYRE DE LA ROYNE D'ESCOSSE... contenant les trahisons à elle faictes par Elizabet Angloise, par où on cognoist les mensonges, calomnies & faulses accusations enuers ceste bonne Princesse innocente. Auec vn petit liure de sa mort. . . Paris, pour Guillaume Bichon .. M.D.LXXXIX LA MORT DE LA ROYNE D'ESCOSSE, M.D.LXXXIX, with 4 folding woodcuts; at end: Acheué d'imprimer ce dernier iour de Decembre, Mil cinq cens quatre-vingtz & huict 2 vols. in 1, 18mo. old calf, £30. Paris, 1589.88 Jadis's copy of the second work with the four woodcuts was erroneously described as unique, but there are perhaps not more than three or four copies in which those engravings are found. This passsionate narrative of a pitiful tragedy is, when complete, one of the rarest books relating to Mary Queen of Scots-a theme ever fresh and ever interesting. 24466 (BOISGUILBERT) MARIE STUART REYNE D'ESCOSSE, nouvelle historique, 3 parts in 1, 12mo. calf extra, gilt, from the Beckford library, Hamilton Palace, £6. 10s Suivant la copie (avec la sfère), 1675 24467 (BUCHANAN, G.) DE MARIA SCOTORUM REGINA, totaque eius contra Regem conjuratione fœdo cum Bothuelio adulterio, nefaria in maritum crudelitate et rabie horrendo insuper et deterrimo ejusdem parricidio: plena et tragica planè historia, 12mo. old calf, from the Sunderland library, £12. 12s 24468 s. a. et l. et nom. imp. A LARGE and CLEAN COPY of this ORIGINAL EDITION attributed to George Buchanan; VERY RARE. Besides the 122 pp. given by Lowndes, this copy has 2 unpaged 11. at the end,'containing two satyres in Latin on the Queen, signed respectively "G. M." and "P. R. Scotus": the signatures are A-Q in fours. ANE DETECTIOVN OF THE DUINGS OF MARIE QUENE OF SCOTTES, touchand the murder of hir husband and hir conspiracie, adulterie, and pretensed mariage with the Erle Bothwell ... Translatit out of the Latine quhilke was written by G. B. 12mo. black letter, title mended, old calf, from the Duke of Hamilton's library, £5. 58 Sine nota [? 1572] MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS-continued. 24469 (BUCHANAN, G.) ANE DETECTIOVN OF THE DUINGS OF MARIE QUENE OF SCOTTES, 12mo. old calf gilt, bound for the Earl of Sunderland, £10. 10s [? 1572] 24470 VERY RARE, notwithstanding the appearance of two copies in this catalogue; only one other copy, very imperfect, has come into the market during the last twenty-three years. The book is generally supposed to have been printed in London by John Day about 1571-2. If that be correct, the death of Mary had been long resolved upon before it was brought about. Otherwise, John Day would never have dared to print, even under the shade of a penetrable anonymity such words as these (addressed to Englishmen on the last page of the book) Quhile your Quenis enemy liveth, hir danger continueth." HISTOIRE DE MARIE ROYNE D'ESCOSSE . . . traduicte A rare work, translated from George Buchanan's Detectio, and, therefore, bitterly hostile to Queen Mary. The imprint appears to be supposititious, the book having been probably printed in London. Brunet states that this translation was made by Camuz, a French Huguenot. 24471 A DEFENCE of the honorable Sentence and Execution of the Queene of Scots, exempled with analogies, and diverse presidents of Emperors, Kings, and Popes, sm. 4to. attributed to MAURICE KYFFIN, with contemporary MS. notes, and the rare leaf of errata, calf neat, £12. J. Windet (1587) Extremely rare. The leaf of Errata is followed by Anthony Babington's Letter to Mary and the Queen's Answer, dated 12th July, 1586. 24472 INNOCENCE de la très illustre, très chaste et debonnaire Princesse, MADAME MARIE, ROYNE D'ESCOSSE, ou sont amplement refuteés les Calomnies publiées par un livre secretement divulgué en France l'an 1572, touchant tant la mort du Seigneur d'Arley son espoux et autres Crimes, etc. 12mo. front margin slightly cropped, old calf, very rare, £4. (Paris) 1572 A refutation of the celebrated work of Geo. Buchanan, attributed by La Croix du Maine to Belleforest. Sold, Girard, 140 fr., Veinant, 129 fr. 24473 [JEBB (Sam.)] History of the life and reign of Mary Queen of Scots, 8vo. LARGE PAPER, portrait by Vertue, red morocco, gilt edges, £3. 108 1725 24474 [LESLIE (John, Bishop of Ross)] A defence of the honour of the right highe, mightye and noble Princesse Marie Quene of Scotlande and dowager of France, with a declaration as well of her right, title & intereste to the succession of the crowne of Englande, as that the regimente of women ys conformable to the lawe of God and nature, 12mo. fine copy in red morocco extra, gilt edges, by Bedford, £50. Imprinted at London in Flete strete, at the signe of Iustice Excessively rare original edition of a famous treatise which had no small influence on Mary's fate. It was so little known formerly that the Latin edition of 1580 was usually considered the original from which the English book of Edinburgh 1584 had been translated. It was however the fact that Leslie from his cell in the Tower contrived to get this little volume printed (probably by Jean Foigny at Reims) in 1569.-The work being printed anonymously, and without a printer's name, was more difficult to suppress than the second edition which was printed at Liege in 1571, but it has become nevertheless one of the rarest volumes relating to Mary Queen of Scots. I bought David Laing's copy in 1879 for £53. and sold it soon afterwards for £63. 24476 [LESLIE] A Treatise concerning the defence of the honovr of the right high, mightie and noble princesse, Marie Queene of Scotland, with a Declaration as wel of her Right, Title and Interest to the Succession of the Croune of England, etc. made by Morgan Philippes, Bachelor of Divinitie, An. 1570, 12mo. old calf, £20. Leodii, G. Morberius, 1571 Second edition, which was immediately suppressed at the demand of Queen Elizabeth, and which has become excessively rare. It has considerable variations from the original edition of 1569. 24477 LESLEY, Treatise touching the Right, Title and Interest of Princesse Marie. The genealogical tree in absolute facsimile, 21s (1584-1884) 24478 LESSELIE (Jean, Evesque de Rosse) du Droict et Tiltre de Marie Royne d'Escosse et de Jaques VI à la Succession du Royaume d'Angleterre, 12mo. with genealogical table, woodcut border to title, sd. £6. Rouen, 1587 24479 LETTERS of Mary, Queen of Scots, now first published from the originals, with notes by AGNES STRICKLAND, 2 vols. sm. 8vo. portrait and facsimiles, hf. calf gilt, 10s 1844 24480 LETTRES, Instructions et Mémoires de Marie Stuart Reine d'Ecosse, publiés sur les originaux, par le Prince Alexandre Labanoff, 7 vols. 8vo. (pub. £4. 4s), cloth, 24s 1844 24481 MIGNET, Histoire de Marie Stuart, 2 vols. 12mo. calf gilt, 58 Bruxelles, 1851 24482 NAU (Claude) History of Mary Stewart, from the murder of Riccio until her flight into England, from the original MSS. with illustrative papers from the secret archives of the Vatican, etc. with preface (of 214 pp.) by the Rev. J. Stevenson (with appendix of Nau's narrative in the original French), 8vo. with 4 pp. of facsimile of Nau's MS. cloth, 12s Edin. 1883 24483 PETIT (Prof. J. A.) History of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, translated from the unpublished MS. by Charles de Flandre, 2 vols. 4to. 2 portraits, and facsimiles of the Queen's autograph, cloth, 30s Edinburgh, printed for the translator, 1873 24484 SKELTON (J.) the Impeachment of Mary Stuart, and other papers, historical and biographical, 8vo. portrait, 58 1876 24485 [STRANGUAGE (W.)] Historie of the Life and Death of Mary Stuart, Queene of Scotland, sm. folio, portrait of Mary by R. Elstracke, vellum, fine copy, £2. 10s 1624 With the bookplate of The Right Hon. Philip Sydney, Earl of Leicester, Viscount Lisle and Baron Sydney of Penshurst, 1704. This work was afterwards published under the name of W. Udall, whose name is appended to the preface of this edition. |