John Rolland or Roland is not included in Chambers' Dictionary of Scottish Biography, but it is plain that a man who, if not a poet, was at least a rhymer, and who turned into Scottish verse the world-renowned story of the Seven Wise Masters, was a worthy deserving of special note in any book on Scottish literature. This work was probably compiled in the year 1547,when the Duke of Somerset was invading Scotland for the second time,— to judge from the following short declaration : At the requist of my Ant, called Kait, In roustie ryme this quair I did translait, So in sevin weekes this quair was clene compleit When the English float besyde Inchkeith did fleit Both Scots and English of Leith lay at the toun 24527 SHAW (Alex. Mackintosh) The Clan Battle at Perth in 1396, with an inquiry into its causes, and an attempt to identify the Clans engaged in it, 8vo. sd. privately printed, 2s 6d 1874 24528 SIBBALD (Rob.) Scotia Illustrata; sive prodromus Historic Naturalis Scotia, folio, 22 fine plates of Animals, Plants, etc. old calf, from the Sunderland library, £1. 4s 24529 Edin. 1684 the same, 3 parts in 1, folio, LARGE PAPER, 22 plates (including portrait of A. Boyd by T. de Leu), slightly wormed, calf, 30s Edinb. 1684 Constable's copy sold for £3. 10s. 24530 SIBBALD (J.) Chronicle of Scottish Poetry, from the 13th Century to the Union (1603), with Glossary, and the rare sheet Q. in Vol. I, which was suppressed, 4 vols. sm. 8vo. calf gilt, scarce, £5. 5s Edinburgh, 1802 The most "compleat collection of the antient miscellaneous poetry of Scotland" that "has hitherto appeared arranged chronologically "to exhibit the progress of the Scottish language." 24531 SIMPSON (J. Y.) The Cat-Stane, Edinburghshire; is it not the tombstone of the grandfather of Hengist and Horsa ? sm. 4to. woodcuts, cloth, 3s 6d 24532 1862 Syphilis in Scotland in the 15th and 16th centuries; Scottish Magical Charm-stones or Curing Stones; etc. in 1 vol. sm. 4to. cloth, 58 1863 24533 [SKENE (A.)] Memorialls for the Government of the Royall Burghs, with a Survey of the City of Aberdeen, with the Epigrams of A. Johnstoun, translated by J. B(arclay), 12mo. calf, 38s Aberdeen, 1685 24534 SKENE (W. F.) CELTIC SCOTLAND, a History of Ancient Alban, Vol. I: History and Ethnology (with an Appendix on the Remains of the Pictish language), 8vo.; Vol. II: Church and Culture; Vol. III: Land and People, 3 vols. 8vo. coloured maps, cloth, 36s Edinb. 1876-80 This important work will almost certainly remain for a long period of time the standard authority upon the subject with which it deals. No one has studied the ethnological history of Britain to better purpose than Mr. Skene, and whether his conclusions be universally adapted (as they ought to be) or not, no one can deny the enthralling interest of his theme and the ability with which he treats it 24535 SKENE. The Highlanders of Scotland, their Origin, History, and Antiquities, with a sketch of their Manners and Customs, and an account of the Clans, 2 vols. sm. 8vo. cloth, 358 Still the best book on the Scottish Highlanders. 24537 1837 1718 24536 [SLEZER (J.)] Theatrum Scotia; containing the Prospects of his Majesty's Castles and Palaces, together with the most considerable Towns and Colleges, the Ruins of many Ancient Abbeys, Churches Monasteries, and Convents, within the said Kingdom, folio, 60 fine views, including the large plate of Edinburgh, which was added to this edition, half bound, £15. 1718 the same, folio, fine large copy, calf, binding broken, from the Towneley library, £16. 24538 SPALDING CLUB PUBLICATIONS, a complete set, including the Sculptured Stones of Scotland, 2 vols. folio; together 38 vols. facsimiles and plates, £30. Aberdeen and Edinb. 1841-71 For the List of Contents of this set, see my Catalogue of Periodicals page 493. 24539 STATISTICAL (the New) Account of SCOTLAND, by the ministers of the respective parishes, 15 vols. stout 8vo. numerous maps and plans, hf. calf gilt, £5. 10s Edinburgh, 1845 24540 STEWART (W. G.) Popular Superstitions and Festive Amusements of the Highlanders of Scotland, 12mo. front. bds. 5s 1823 24541 STRICKLAND (Agnes) Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain, 8 vols. sm. 8vo. portraits (pub. £4. 4s), cloth, £2. 12s 6d 1850-59 STUART FAMILY-see ante KENNEDY. 24542 STODART (R. R.): SCOTTISH ARMS being a COLLECTION of ARMORIAL BEARINGS, A.D. 1379-1678, reproduced in facsimile from CONTEMPORARY MANUSCRIPTS, with Heraldic and Genealogical Notes, 2 volumes, folio, xxv and 426 pp., with 124 full-page Illuminated Coats of Arms, cloth, £10. 10s Edinburgh, 1881 24543 the same, LARGE PAPER, of which only 60 copies are printed, £18. 188 1881 24544 STUART (John) Essays chiefly on Scottish Antiquities, with a sketch of his Life, 4to. portrait and plates of Sculptured Stones, cloth Aberdeen, 1846 SCULPTURED STONES OF SCOTLAND, 2 vols. folio, 306 fine plates of Crosses, Monuments, Inscriptions, etc. printed in colours and tints, and numerous woodcuts, half morocco, rare, £20. Spalding Club, 1856-67 24544* 24545 the same, Vol. II, folio, 131 plates, half morocco, £7. 10s 1867 SUTHERLAND (Duchess of)-see post under Orkneys. 24546 STUART'S (R.) Caledonia Romana; a Descriptive Account of Roman Antiquities of Scotland; with a view of the Country and its Inhabitants in the First Century, etc. 4to. 5 maps and 15 plates, cloth, 20s 1845 24547 THOMSON (W.) Orpheus Caledonius, a collection of Scots Songs set to Musick, 2 vols. 8vo. with the Music engraved to each Song, fine copy in calf gilt, £3. 16s 1733 24548 [THORNBOROUGH (John, Bishop of Bristol)] the Joiefull and Blessed Reuniting the two mighty and famous Kingdomes, England and Scotland, into their ancient name of Great Britaine, sm. 4to. stained, hf. calf, 36s Oxford (1603) 24549 TRACTS illustrative of the traditionary and historical antiquities of Scotland, 8vo. portrait, cloth, 6s Edin. 1836 24550 TYLER (A.) Memoires of Ihon III, King of POLAND, with a Relation of his Victories against the Turks and Tartars, in Verse, and other Poems, sm. 4to. fine copy in morocco extra, gilt edges, by W. Pratt, £3. Edinburgh, A. Anderson, 1685 Rare. The additional poems (Siege of Vienna and Tempest on the Forth), which have separate title pages and are often deficient, were unknown to Lowndes. 24551 UBALDINI (P.) Descrittione del Regno di Scotia, sm. folio, FIRST EDITION, printed on paper stained straw-colour with saffron, tall copy, old calf, £7. 10s Anversa, 1588 An exceedingly rare and curious work. "This book has been purposely stained with saffron. I have seen several books of the time of Elizabeth stained in a similar manner, perhaps with the idea of preserving them from insects." 24552 UNION of England and Scotland. Proclamation of Queen Anne, Proceedings of the Lords Commissioners for both Kingdoms, Articles of Union, etc. no title, in 1 vol. sm. 4to. calf, 7s 6d (1707) 24553 VIRGIL. THE viii BUKES OF ENEADOS of the famose Poete Virgill Translatet out of Latyne verses into Scottish metir, bi the Reuerend Father in God, Mayster GAWIN DOUGLAS, Bishop of Dunkel, sm. 4to. a fine and perfect copy in red morocco extra, gilt edges, by Bedford, £80. London (W. Copland), 1553 Eneados of Gawin Douglas, small 4to. title and part of second leaf in facsimile and folios 371-2 and 375-6 wanting, stained but EXTREMELY TALL COPY, having the rare end leaves, old russia, EXCESSIVELY RARE, £12. 24554 24555 24556 1553 new edition, corrected from a Manuscript, with a large Glossary (by Ruddiman) and the Author's Life (by Rev. J. Sage), folio, old calf, £2. Edinburgh, 1710 Eneid, translated into Scottish Verse, by Gawin Douglas, edited by G. Dundas, 2 vols. bds. £4. 10s Bannatyne Club, 1839 24557 (WATSON'S) Choice Collection of comic and serious Scors POEMS, both ancient and modern, 3 parts in 1 vol. 12mo. title and contents of the last part reprinted, green morocco, extra, gilt edges, Edinburgh, J. Watson, 1706-9-11 24558 £5. Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems 3 parts, Edinb. 1713, 1709, 1711-A Specimen of a Book intituled ane compendious Booke of Godly and spiritual Sangs (edited with Glossary by Lord Hailes), ib. 1765—in 1 vol. 12mo. calf neat, with the autograph of John Jamieson, £6. The first printed collection of old Scottish popular poetry; including Christ's Kirk on the Green, the Cherry and the Slae, the Flyting of Polwart and Montgomery, the original Auld-Lang-Syne, and many other that have yielded familiar and favourite expressions in the every-day speech of the people. 24559 WHITE (Capt. T. E.) Archæological Sketches in Scotland, District of Kintyre, folio, map and 53 plates of Celtic Crosses, Monuments, Ruins, etc. with letterpress, cloth, 38s 24560 Edinburgh, 1873 Archæological Sketches of the District of Kintyre, and Knapdale, Argyllshire, from rubbings, 2 vols. in 1, folio, 2 maps and 102 plates of Celtic Crosses, Tombs, etc. with other plates inserted, no letterpress, hf. Roxburghe, £2. 16s Edinburgh, 1874:5 24561 WILSON (Daniel) Archæology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, royal 8vo. plates and woodcuts, cloth, 12s 24562 1851 Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, second edition, 2 vols. 8vo. 25 plates and 240 woodcuts of the relics of Ancient Celtic and Pre-Celtic Art, cloth, 24s 1863 24563 WILSON'S (William) Thirty-four Water-colour Drawings of REMAINS of OLD BUILDINGS in SCOTLAND, oblong 4to. red morocco extra, with joints, silk linings, gilt edges, by Hering, from the library of George IV, with his arms on the sides, £15. circ. 1810-20 These drawings are taken from the most beautiful examples of Ancient Scottish Sculpture extant in the Abbeys of Melrose, Jedburgh, Pluscarden and Kelso, the High Church of Edinburgh, Glasgow Cathedral, and Linlithgow Palace. They were made for a picture painted for Colonel Rutherford of Egerston. The binding alone cost £6. 68. 24564 [WISHART] I. G. de Rebus auspiciis Caroli Britt. Regis, sub imperio Jacobi MONTISROSARUM Marchionis, anno 1644 et duobus sequentibus gestis Commentarius, interprete A. S. 12mo. vellum, 18s 24565 24566 S. 7. 1647 another issue, printed in larger type, thick sm. 8vo. vellum, from the Sunderland library, 25s Paris, 1648 A piece of paper is pasted over the date. the same, sm. 4to. LARGE PAPER, fine copy in red morocco extra by Lewis, from the Beckford library, Hamilton Palace, £6. 68 Paris, 1648 The initials I. G. with which the title commences, evidently imply that Montrose himself (James Graham) was the real author: the initials A. S. of the translator are usually taken to mean Agricola Sophocardius-the second word being equivalent to Wishart. But this is doubtful. 24567 WYNTOWN (Androw of) ORYGYNALE CRONYKIL OF SCOTLAND, now first published, with Notes, GLOSSARY, etc. by David Macpherson, 2 vols. large 8vo. facsimile, calf, £2. 16s 1795 24568 TRACTS on SCOTTISH HISTORY: a Collection of thirty-seven rare pieces relating to the Scottish Church, and the Share taken by the Scottish Army in the Civil Wars, in one vol. sm. 4to. old calf, from the Sunderland library, £10. 1646-9 Containing:-The Humble Petition of the Commissioners of the Generall Assembly of the Church of Scotland met at Edin. Jan. 4, 1642, Oxford, March 20-Generall Lesley's Direction and Order for the exercising of Horse and foot, Lond. 1642-An Unhappy Game at Scotch and English, or a full answer from England to the Papers of Scotland, Edinb. 1646-A Message sent from the Kingdom of Scotland to his Highnesse the Prince of Wales by the Earle of Lauderdale; likewise a great victory obtained neer Kendall in Westmerland, etc. 1648-Copy of a Letter from the Committee of Estates in Scotland to the Prince of Wales (single sheet), 1648-Relation of the Great Victory of Lieut. Gen. Cromwel against the whole Army of the Scots, 1648His Majesties last answer to the papers and propositions of the Commissioners of Scotland (single sheet), 1649-A Letter from the Commissioners of the Kingdom of Scotland residing at London to Wm. Lenthall, Esq. 1649; and others. 2. Family History. 24569 Baird Family. FRASER'S (W. N.) Account of the Surname of Baird: the families of Auchmedden, Newbyth, and Sauchtonhall, 4to. plate of seals, cloth, 25s Edinburgh (1857) 21570 Buchanan (Wm. of Auchmar) historical and genealogical Essay upon the Family and Surname of Buchanan, with an enquiry into the Genealogy and present state of ancient Scotish Surnames, 2 vols. in 1, sm. 4to. engraved front. bd. rare, £3. 5s Glasgow, 1723 24571 Campbell. The Black Book of Taymouth, with other Papers from the Breadalbane Charter Room (edited, with preface, by COSMO INNES), 4to. plates, with nine coloured facsimiles of the Portraits of the Lords of Glenurquhay, 4to. cloth, rare, £30. Edinburgh, 1855 Privately printed for the Marquis of Breadalbane, for private circulation. This copy was presented to Col. Sykes. 24572 Douglas. HUME (David, of Godscroft) History of the House and Race of Douglas and Angus, 2 vols. 12mo. MS. notes by Mr. Beckford, calf, scarce, £3. 3s 24573 CASE of the Respondents in the Edinburgh, 1748 Trial of "Archibald against the Duke of Hew Dalrymple and n. d. (ca. 1760) A very curious trial, in which a supposititious child of Lady Jane Douglas set forth a claim to the Dukedom of Douglas. 24574 Forbes. Memoranda relating to the Family of Forbes of Waterton, Co. Aberdeen, 4to. pedigrees and plates, cloth, 14s Aberdeen, 1857 "Printed solely for the use of members of the Family." 24575 Gordon. GORDON (William) History of the ancient, noble, and illustrious family of GORDON, from their first arrival in Scotland in Malcolm III's time to the year 1690, 2 vols. 8vo. calf, £5. 15s Edinburgh, 1726-27 24576 Hamilton. ANDERSON (J.) Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton, 4to. frontispiece, boards, £2. 2s Edinburgh, 1825 24577 24578 the same, roy. 4to. LARGE PAPER, calf gilt, £10. 10s 1825 the same, roy. 4to. LARGE PAPER, front. being a view of Cadyow Castle, MS. notes by Mr. Beckford, presentation copy |