2 thick vols. 4to. portraits, views, facsimiles of Charters, and woodcuts of autographs, arms and seals, cloth, £35. Edinburgh, 1873 Only one hundred and fifty copies were printed for William Lord Herries, for private circulation. 24585 Scot, Scott. HISTORY of several Families of the name of Scot, in the shires of Roxburghe and Selkirk, and others adjacent, by Captain Walter Scot-Satchels's Pastoral presented to his friends of the names of Scot and Eliott, 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to. boards, uncut, £6. Edinburgh, 1688, reprinted 1776 For some account of this whimsical volume, written partly in prose and partly in doggrel verse, see Lockhart's Life of Sir Walter Scott, Vol. I, p. 36. Fetched at the sale of Lord Eliock's books, at Puttick and Simpson's in 1874, £8. 3. Peerage Cases. 24586 Airth. Minutes of Evidence on the Claim of Robert Barclay Allardice of Urie to the Earldom of Airth, folio, pedigrees, hf. bd. 7s 1839 24587 Balfour. Minutes of Evidence on the Claim of Robert Bruce of Kennet to the Dignities of Lord Balfour of Burley and Lord Kilwinning, folio, hf. bd. 8s 1861-68 24588 Crawfurd. Minutes of Evidence on the Petitions of James, Earl of Balcarres, and Robert Lindsay Crawfurd, Esq. claiming the Dignities of Earl and Crawfurd and Lindsay, folio, bds. 10s 1845-48 24589 Herries. Minutes of Evidence on the Petition of William Constable Maxwell claiming to be Lord Herries of Terregles, folio, hf. bd. 7s 6d 1849-58 24590 Huntly. Minutes of Evidence on the Petition of George, Earl of Aboyne, claiming the Titles of Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Enzie, and Lord Gordon and Badenoch, folio, hf. bd. 5s 1838 24591 Kinloss. Case of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Buckingham, to the Dignity of Lord Kinloss in the Peerage of Scotland, with Petitions of other Claimants, in one vol. folio, hf. bd. 7s 6d 1867 24592 Montrose. Case of James, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, claiming the Honour and Dignity of Duke of Montrose, as created in 1488, 1851-Supplemental Case, with Addenda of James, Earl of Crawford-Case of James, Duke of Montrose, and Supplemental Case-in 1 vol. large folio, facsimiles and pedigrees, half morocco, 30s 1851-2 24593 Newburgh. Evidence on the Petitions of Thomas Eyre, claiming the Honours of Earl of Newburgh, Visct. Kinnaird and Baron Livingstone, and of the Marchioness Bandini to the same, folio, hf. bd. 7s 1857 24594 Perth. Minutes of Evidence on the Petition of George Drummond, Duke de Melfort, to the Earldom of Perth, folio, plates and pedigrees, hf. bd. 10s 1846-53 24595 Polwarth. Minutes of Evidence on the Petition of Dame Anne Patterson Anstruther, claiming the Title of Baroness Polewart or Polwarth, with the Cases of other Claimants, in one vol. folio, hf. bound, 7s 6d 1818-38 24596 Southesk. Minutes of Evidence on the Petition of Sir James Carnegie, Bart., claiming to be Earl of Southesk, Baron Carnegie of Kinnaird and Leuchars, folio, hf. bd. 58 1848-55 VIII. THE ISLES: Isle of Man. 24597 BULLOCK, History of the Isle of Man, with biographical anecdotes of eminent persons connected with it, 8vo. front. bds. 5s 1816 24598 CHALLONER'S Treatise of the Isle of Man (1656), edited by Rev. J. Cumming, 8vo. plates, cloth, 10s 6d Douglas, 1863 24599 CUMMING (J. G.) Runic and other Monumental Remains of the Isle of Man, 4to. 15 plates, including plate of Alphabets, hf. bd. £1.8s 1857 24600 DESCRIPTIVE and Historical Account of the Isle of Man, 12mo. map (torn), bd. 2s 6d; or, good copy, bds. uncut, 8s Newcastle, 1809 24601 FELTHAM (J.) Tour in the Isle of Mann, 1797-8, 8vo. map and plates, calf, 5s Bath, 1798 24602 the same, edited by Rev. B. Airy, maps, cloth, 10s 6d Douglas, 1860 24603 HARRISON's Bibliotheca Monensis, a Bibliographical Account of Works relating to the Isle of Man, 8vo. cloth, 10s 6d Douglas, 1861 24604 JEFFERSON'S Manx Almanack and Tide Table, with Mariner's Companion, for 1834-also for 1862, containing much local information, 2 vols. 12mo. sd. 1s 6d Douglas, 1834-62 24605 KELLY'S Manx-English and English-Manx Dictionary, 8vo. cloth, 158 24606 Douglas, 1866 MANX Grammar, edited by Rev. W. Gill, 8vo. cloth, 7s 6d 24607 MANKS SOCIETY'S PUBLICATIONS: A COMPLETE SET FROM THE COMMENCEMENT, 29 vols. 8vo. cloth, £16. 16s Douglas, 1859-79 The twenty-eighth vol. was printed in 1878 and issued for the year 1875-6. Nothing has been issued for 1876-7. Complete sets are rare, some vols. being quite out of print. For a list of the contents of the first nineteen vols. see ante, Catalogue of Periodicals, pp. 155 and 156. The following list continues that : 20. Manx Miscellanies, vol. I, containing selections from "Paradise Lost," translated into Manx, by the Rev. T. Christian-Diary of James, VIIth Earl of Derby, who was beheaded at Bolton-in-the-Moors, Oct. 15th, 1651, etc. etc. with 2 plates. 21. Mona Miscellany, Second Series, with 2 plates and Music to one song. 22, 23. Chronica Regum Manniæ et Insularum, from the MS. in the Brit. Mus. with notes by P. A. Munch, revised and with English translation, etc. by Dr. Goss, 2 vols. 2 plates. 24. Bibliotheca Monensis, an account of works relating to the Isle of Man, new edition by W. Harrison. 25, 27. Blundell (W.) History of the I. of Man, written 1648-56, edited from the MS. by W. Ilarrison, 2 vols. 26. Illiam Dhône and the Manx Rebellion, 1651, Records relating to William Christian of Ronaldsway, by W. Harrison. 28. Records of S. Mark's Chapel, Malew, I. of Man, 1771-1864, from original documents of Rev. J. T. Clarke, Chaplain, by W. Harrison. 29. Church Notes, Sodor and Man. 24608 MACKENZIE (Rev. W.) Legislation of Three of the Thirteen Stanleys, Kings of Man, 8vo. facsimiles, cloth, 12s 6d 1860 24609 OSWALD'S Vestigia Insula Manniæ antiquiora; Armorial Bearings of the Isle of Man, 8vo. coloured facsimiles, plates, cloth, 15s 1860 24610 ROBERTSON (David) Tour through the Isle of Man, with a Review of the Manx History, royal 8vo. 7 pretty views in sepia, blue morocco, gilt edges, 18s 24612 24613 1702 1794 24611 SACHEVERELL (W.) Account of the Isle of Man, its inhabitants, language, soil, curiosities, succession of its kings, etc. 12mo. calf, 38 6d the same, with folding plate of the view of the Cathedral Church, 12mo. calf, 15s 1702 Account of the Isle of Man, edited by Rev. J. Cumming, 8vo. cloth, 15s Douglas, 1859 24614 SEACOMBE (M.) Memoirs and Genealogical Account of the House of Stanley, with Description of the Isle of Man, 4to. woodcut, coats of arms, some coloured, cf. 21s Manchester, 1767 24615 TRAIN (J.) Account of the Isle of Man, 2 vols. 8vo. maps and plates, cloth, 18s Douglas, 1845 24616 WALDRON'S Description of the Isle of Man, printed in 1731, edited, with Notes, by Harrison, 8vo. cloth, 10s 6d Douglas, 1845 24617 WARD (Rev. W. P.) Isle of Mann, and Diocese of Sodor and Mann; Documents relating to the Civil and Ecclesiastical History, sm. 8vo. bds. 5s 1837 24618 WOODS (G.) Account of the past and present state of the Isle of Man: including a topographical description, history, etc. 8vo. map, bds. 6s; or, half calf, 7s 6d Hebrides. 1811 24619 ANDERSON (J.) Account of the present state of the Hebrides and Western Coasts of Scotland, with hints for encouraging the Fisheries, etc. 8vo. map, bds. 6s 6d Edinburgh, 1785 24620 BOSWELL (J.) Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson-Prayers, etc. by Johnson-Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland-in 2 vols. 8vo. calf, 7s 6d 1785 24621 JOHNSON's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, sm. 8vo. first edition, 7s Ed 24622 1775 Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, with remarks by the Rev. D. M'Nicoll, 8vo. portrait, calf gilt, elegantly tooled, 8s 6d 1822 24623 MARTIN (M.) Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, FIRST EDITION, sm. 8vo. map and plates, numerous manuscript notes and corrections by D. Macpherson, with older MS. notes said to be by the Author, calf extra, gilt edges, £5. 10s 1703 24624 WALKER (J.) Economical History of the Hebrides and Highlands of Scotland, 2 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 12s Edinb. 1812 Orkneys. 24625 BARRY (J.) History of the Orkney Islands, the Manners and Customs of their ancient and modern Inhabitants, their Monuments of Antiquity, Natural History, second edition, with additions by the Rev. J. Hendrick, 4to map and views, bds. 12s 24626 the same, 4to. old blue morocco, 25s The Appendix contains Norse Ballads, etc. 1808 1808 24627 BRAND (J.) Description of Orkney, Zetland, Pightland Firth, and Caithness, with an Account of what is most rare and remarkable therein, sm. 8vo. calf, 20s. Edinb. 1703 24628 FARRER (Jas.) Notice of Runic Descriptions discovered at Maeshowe, etc. in the Orkneys, 4to. 13 plates, printed for private circulation, cloth, 30s 1862 24629 Low (G.) Fauna Orcadensis, or the Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes of Orkney and Shetland, 4to. calf gilt by Clarke, £1. 7s Edinburgh, 1813 24630 NEILL (P.) Tour through the Orkney and Shetland Islands, the state of Husbandry, Fishes, Natural History, etc. 8vo. half calf, 18s. Edinburgh, 1806 24631 STAFFORD (Elizabeth, Marchioness of, afterwards Duchess of Sutherland) Views in Orkney and on the North-Eastern Coast of Scotland, sm. folio, engraved title and 43 etchings, bds. £4. 4s 24632 24633 24634 1807 the same, sm. folio, with proof portrait of the Marchioness added, half green morocco, top edge gilt, £5. 5s 1807 the same, sm. folio, with fine large mezzotint portrait after T. Phillips by C. Turner, blue morocco extra, gilt edges, £7.7s 1807 the same, sm. folio, very fine copy, with the large portrait, interleaved, red morocco extra, tooled sides and joints, gilt edges, £8. 8s 1807 Only 120 copies were printed for private circulation. The Stowe copy, without the portrait, sold for £11. 15s, and Constable's for £10. 15s 24635 WALLACE (J.) Description of the Isles of Orkney, with an Essay on the Thule of the Ancients, 16mo. map and 2 plates of Roman remains, etc. old gilt russia, £2. 5s Shetlands. Edinburgh, 1693 24636 HIBBERT (S.) Description of the Shetland Islands, comprising an account of their Geology, Scenery, Antiquities and Superstitions, 4to. geological map and plates, russia extra, gilt edges, by Clarke, £6. 6s Edinburgh, 1822 IX. IRELAND; Including the library of the late Sir Robert Peel. 24637 ACT for the Settlement of IRELAND, and satisfaction of the interests of Adventurers, Souldiers, and other his Majesties' Subjects there, 1662-an Act for explaining some doubts arising upon the preceding, and making Alterations and Additions to it, 1665 -INDEX to the Act of Settlement and to the explanatory Act of Settlement, 1666; 3 vols. in 1, sm. folio, ca. 300 pp. old calf, 35s Dublin, 1662-6 Valuable documents important as evidence even at the present time, as affecting the landed property of English settlers, claimed by the descendants of the original Celtic population. 24638 Acts of Parliament for the Improvement of Landed Property in Ireland, etc. 8vo. numerous plates and plans, cloth, 7s 6d 1859 24639 ANCIENT Irish Histories: the Works of Spenser, Campion, and Marleburrough, 2 vols. royal 8vo. hf. morocco, 12s Dublin, 1809 24640 the same, 2 vols. impl. 8vo. LARGE PAPER, calf, 15s 1809 24641 ANCIENT LAWS OF IRELAND. Senchus Mor. Law of Distresses, etc. Irish and English, by Dr. O'Donovan and W. N. Hancok, 4 vols. roy. 8vo. facsimiles, hf. bd. £2. Vol. I, separately, morocco extra, gilt edges, 5s 1865-79 1865 24642 24643 ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND, by the FOUR MASTERS (the O'Clery's and O'Duigenan) from the earliest period to 1616, the Irish text, with Translation and notes by J. O'DONOVAN (with Index), 5 vols. 4to. cloth, £7. 24644 £5. 10s 24645 Dublin, 1848-51 the same, second issue, with Index, 7 vols. sm. 4to. cloth, 1856 translated from the Original Irish of the Four Masters by Owen Connellan, with Annotations by Philip Macdermott and the Translator, 4to. frontispiece and map, morocco gilt, £2. 10s Dublin, 1846 24646 ANNESLEY. TRIAL between JAMES ANNESLEY, Esq. Plaintiff, and the Rt. Hon. Richard Earl of Anglesey, Defendant, in Ireland, in 1743, with the Trial of J. Annesley and Joseph Redding for Murder, 12mo. portrait, calf, 18s 24647 ANTI-UNION, nos. I to XXXII, 4to. neatly hf. bd. 1744 Dublin, 1798-1799 "All published of this now extremely rare Dublin Periodical; published by the advocates for the maintenance of the Irish Parliament. It was conducted upon the plan of the Anti-Jacobin,' and among its principal contribu tors will be found the illustrious names of Burrowes, Plunket, Bushe, Wallace, Goold, and Smyly, as also the famous Robert Emmett." |