Author: Irving, David [1778-1860]
Title: Lives of Scotish Writers
Description: Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1851. orig. cloth. 20x12cm, 385 pp. Inscribed by author in pencil on reverse of half-title "To Prof. Schiern of Copenhagen / D.I. / July 1868. Rubbed. Spine extremities torn & chipped. Good. ¶ A stain to title-page. Binding corner bumps. A 2cm tear to front exterior hinge. "Two Volumes in One". Spine title reads: "Literary Scotchmen of the Last Four Centuries". Contents: First Volume: Hector Royce, D.D.John Bellenden, D.D.; Florence Wilson; John Knox, George Buchanan; Ninian Winzet, D.D.; John Lesley, LL. D.; Sir Tomas Craig; Andrew Melville; William Barclay, LL. D.; Robert Balfour; William Bellenden; James Crichton;Duncan Liddeli, M. D.; Robert Johnstone, LL.D.; Mark Duncan, M.D.; Walter Donaldson, LL.D.; David Calderwood; Gilbert Jack, M.D.; John Cameron; Thomas Dempster, LL.D; Second Volume: William Forbes, D.D.; William Drummond; Arthur Johnson, M.D. ; John Forbes, D.D.; Robert Baillie, D.D.; Sir Thomas Urquhart; Robert Leighton, D.D.; James Dalrymple, VIscount of Stair; Robert Morison, M. D.; Archibald Pitcairne, M.D.; Alexander Cunningham; David Gregory, M.D.; John Keill, M.D.; David Doig, L. L.D.; William Laurence Brown,D.D.

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