An Impartial History of the Rise, Progress and extinction of the Late Rebellion in Britain, in the Years 1745 and 1746. Giving an Account of every Battle, Skirmish and Siege, from the time of the Pretender's coming out of France, until he landed in France again: with plans of the Battles of Preston-pans, Clifton, Falkirk, and Culloden. Together with a real description of the dangers and travels of the Pretender through the Highland Isles, after the break at Culloden. The fifth edition.
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Seller: Centralantikvariatet, Stockholm, SwedenCentralantikvariatet
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Glasgow, printed and sold by J. & M. Robertson, 1787. 12mo. Woodcut front,+ 3-190,+ (2) pp. The title page partly loose, foxing, heavy in the beginning and at the end. Later full mottled calf, gilt spine with red land green labels, boards with gilt frame, yellow edges. Heraldic bookplate of the Earl of Birkenhead. ESTC T154534. A history in metric verse (doggerel), with more than 5000 lines, of the failed Jacobite rebellion by Bonnie Prince Charles, James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766). It was first published in 1746 and went through serveral editions, even into the 19th century. From the second edition it was augmented with the travels of Charles Edward Stuart after the defeat at the Battle of Culloden. The spine title is ?Rebellion in 1745? The woodcut depicts a soldier writing at a table, with the text: ?From brain and pen, o virtue drop, vice fly as Charlie, and John Cope.The author Dougal Graham (c.1721-79) is thought to have followed the Jacobite army throughout much of their campaign as a non-combatant, serving in essence as war correspondent for the Glasgow booksellers. He became a bellman in Glasgow around 1770 and is a know writer of chapbooks.…
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- Title
- An Impartial History of the Rise, Progress and extinction of the Late Rebellion in Britain, in the Years 1745 and 1746. Giving an Account of every Battle, Skirmish and Siege, from the time of the Pretender's coming out of France, until he landed in France again: with plans of the Battles of Preston-pans, Clifton, Falkirk, and Culloden. Together with a real description of the dangers and travels of the Pretender through the Highland Isles, after the break at Culloden. The fifth edition.
- Author
- GRAHAM, Dougal.
- Condition
- Very Good
- Book Type
- Hardcover / Hardback
- Binding
- Hardcover
Centralantikvariatet
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