MEMOIRS OF THE MOST RENOWNED JAMES GRAHAM MARQUIS OF MONTROSE. Translated from the Latin of the Rev. Doctor George Wishart, afterwards Bishop of Exeter. With an APPENDIX Containing many Curious Papers relating to the history off these times; several of which never hitherto published.
Language: English
Published by Printed by W. Ruddiman Jnr. and Company for A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, W. Gordon, C. Wright and Stalker., Edinburgh, 1756
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Seller: Aesop Attic, Penzance, Cornwall, United KingdomAesop Attic
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Very early edition of Bishop Wishart's classic Biography of the heroic Royalist Commander siting the English Civil War. This Biography was first published in the Netherlands in 1647 and suppressed in England. When Montrose was executed in 1650 a copy of Wisharts laudatory biography was hung around his neck. Frontis illus, an engraved portrait of Montrose after Van Dyck. 26 preliminary pages including Dedication to William Duke of Montrose, Publisher's Preface and Author's Preface. Main Text 324 pages followed by large Appendix which takes pagination to 412. 6 3/4" Tall. Period Brown sheep full-leather binding with 5 raised bands to spine and Gilt title on Red ground. Fine splits to leather down sides of spine but boards firmly attached. Antique inscription about Montrose on ffep. No other inscriptions. Pages in very good, clean condition.
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- Title
- MEMOIRS OF THE MOST RENOWNED JAMES GRAHAM MARQUIS OF MONTROSE. Translated from the Latin of the Rev. Doctor George Wishart, afterwards Bishop of Exeter. With an APPENDIX Containing many Curious Papers relating to the history off these times; several of which never hitherto published.
- Author
- Wishart, Rev. Doctor George
- Publisher
- Printed by W. Ruddiman Jnr. and Company for A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, W. Gordon, C. Wright and Stalker., Edinburgh
- Publication year
- 1756
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 0 centimeters width by 17 centimeters height by 0 centimeters depth
- Seller catalogs
- Antiquarian Books, Biography, Military History
Aesop Attic
Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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