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Title: Case of James Earl of Balcarres Claiming the Title, Honour, and Dignity of the the Earldom of Crawford and (Later) the Original Dukedom of Montrose Created 1488 - 3 Volumes 1845 & 1850-1853
Description: Ballantyne & Hughes Glasgow & William Clowes London, . Hardcover. Three large volumes relating to Court Case 1845 and 1850-53 when James Earl of Balcarras claimed first the Earldom of Crawford and later the title of the Duke of Montrose. Comprises: 1) Case for James Earl of Crawford of Balcarras, &c., claiming the Titles, Honours and Dignities of the Earldom of Crawford and Older Barony of Lindsay.(4)+239p inc. 4 full size folding Genealogical Tables and Pedigrees relative to the first to the fifth head of evdince. 1845 2) Case of James Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, etc., claiming the Title, Honour and Dignity of the Original Dukedom of Montrose created in 1488 iv+77p inc. full size Crawford Genealogy and Pegdigre, folding facsimile of two pages of the Great Seal Register & Corrigenda slip. 1850 3) Case for James Earl of Crawford and Balcarres etc., claiming the Honour and Dignity of Duke of Montrose, derived from the Royal Burgh of Montrosde, as created in 1488:.18p with folding family tree. 1851 All large elephant folio sized bound in half or quarter leather with boards of different colours; gilt titling on spines of two volumes and in a large vignette label on front of one volume. All volumes inscribed on fep to Robet Robertson Glasgow Esq with Lord Lindsay's Compliments. All copies tight and clean though boards and endpapers dusty and some evidence of clean old water staining - unobtrusive in at least two volumes. . Near Very Good

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