Author: J. Stephen Jeans
Title: Western Worthies: A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities
Description: Glasgow, At the Star Office , 1782. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition comprising some biographical sketches of West of Scotland celebrities by Stephen Jeans, a scarce copy. The first edition of this charming volume by J. Stephen Jeans.Jeans proposes some short biographical sketches of some of the most eminent people in the West of Scotland, for the public to know more about their antecendents, and the struggles and triumphs of some of the men they recognised as leaders. Some of these are the Duke of Argyll, William Graham, George Burns, Professor Allen Thompson, James Watson, and others. In the original publisher's full cloth binding, Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. With some minor cracking to the front joint and some minor chipping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. With only some minor scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves, otherwise the pages are generally bright and clean throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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