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The Peerage of Scotland

Douglas, Robert

The Peerage of Scotland

Edinburgh: Printed by R. Fleming, 1764
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Robert Douglas THE PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND 1764 Signed by Sir John Halkett and Elizabeth GC Menzies with the Bookplate of Pitfirrane Castle. Douglas, Robert, Sir 1694 – 1770. The Peerage of Scotland, Containing An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, from their Origin to the Present Generation: Collected from the Public Records, and Ancient Chartuleries of this Nation, the Charters, and Other Writings of the Nobility, and the Works of our Best Historians. Illustrated wth Copper-Plates. By Robert Douglas, Esq. Edinburgh: Printed by R. Fleming, and Sold by him, and the Other Booksellers in Edinburgh; and at London by A. Miller, R. Baldwin, D. Wilson, and T. Durham. M, DCC, LXIV. [1764] Imperial quarto, 14 ¾ in x 9 ½ in; 37.5 cm x 23.3 cm. [xi (verso of xi blank); 740 pages]; 10 full-page plates of coats of arms, 12 to a plate. ESTC T148734. Bound with six raised bands, with a leather spine on contemporary marbled paper-covered pasteboard covers, with a gilt lettered label. The leather hinges are cracked, but the covers remain secure. This complete copy has multiple sequential errors of pagination. This copy has the signature of Sir John Halkett 1720 - 1793, the Fourth Baron of Pitfirrance on the titlepage and the bookplate of his Pitfirrane Castle library, with the motto, "Fides Sufficit." Below the shelf mark on the initial blank "C-1" is the pencil signature of Elizabeth "Betty" G.C. Menzies dated by her in 1970. Please contact us for a full description.
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