Author: John Lanne Buchanan
Title: A Defence of the Scots Highlanders
Description: London, J. Egerton; W. Stewart; W. Richardson, 1794 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of this late eighteenth century defence of the inhabitants of the Scottish Highlands. The first edition of this very scarce work, which discusses 'the Picts, Scots, Fingal, Ossian, and his poems' and also 'the Macs, Clans, Bodotria&apos.The work of Rev. John Lanne Buchanan. Published in London at a time when tensions between England and Scotland ran high, this is a defence of the highlanders and their character.ESTC no. T144643.Retaining the final advertisement leaf, but lacking the errata slip.This work includes bibliographical footnotes. In the publisher's original boards. Losses of paper to board perimeters and joints. Retaining the original paper spine label, with losses to perimeters. Ink inscription to front board. Joints starting, with front board tenderly held to the head only, and rear board holding firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Head of title page removed. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd spot and light handling mark. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: scottish highlands jacobite rebellion scottish history jacobite rebellion None
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Title: A Defence of the Scots Highlanders
Description: London, J. Egerton; W. Stewart; W. Richardson, 1794 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of this late eighteenth century defence of the inhabitants of the Scottish Highlands. The first edition of this very scarce work, which discusses 'the Picts, Scots, Fingal, Ossian, and his poems' and also 'the Macs, Clans, Bodotria&apos.The work of Rev. John Lanne Buchanan. Published in London at a time when tensions between England and Scotland ran high, this is a defence of the highlanders and their character.ESTC no. T144643.Retaining the final advertisement leaf, but lacking the errata slip.This work includes bibliographical footnotes. In the publisher's original boards. Losses of paper to board perimeters and joints. Retaining the original paper spine label, with losses to perimeters. Ink inscription to front board. Joints starting, with front board tenderly held to the head only, and rear board holding firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Head of title page removed. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd spot and light handling mark. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: scottish highlands jacobite rebellion scottish history jacobite rebellion None
Price: GBP 525.00 = appr. US$ 749.69 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 881F55
- Book number: 881F55
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