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Published by Printed for Hurst, Robinson, and Co. [London], and Archibald Constable and Co. [Edinburgh], 1822 / T. Cadell, 1791, Edinburgh, 1822
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Quarto. 1): "Military Memoirs of the Great Civil War. Being the Military Memoirs of John Gwynne; and An Account of the Earl of Glencairn's Expedition, As General of His Majesty's Forces, in The Highlands of Scotland, in the Years 1653 & 1654. By a Person Who was Eye and Ear Witness to Every Transaction. With an Appendix" Edinburgh: Printed for Hurstf, Robinson, and Co., London; And Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh, 1822. [Edited by Sir Walter Scott]. Pp. xiv, 263. With half-title. [BOUND WITH] 2): "Description of the Plain of Troy: With a Map of that Region, Delineated from an Actual Survey. Read in French before the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Feb. 21. and 28. and March 21. 1791. By the author M. Chevalier, Fellow of that Society, and of the Academies of Metz, Cassel and Rome. Translated from the Original not yet published, And the Version accompanied with Notes and Illustrations, By Andrew Dalzel, M.A.F.R.S. Edin. Edinburgh: Printed for T. Cadell in theStrand, London. 1791. Pp. xv, 154, [10] - Index. Lacks half-title. 4 folding engraved maps/plans. Bound in early 19th-century half-leather and marbled boards, gilt-stamped green leather spine label for Gwynne, handwritten paper label for Plain of Troy. Early engraved nameplate of "Fasquel" to front pastedown, light foxing to endpapers, otherwise interiors and maps clean and sharp; a bit of scuffing to covers, else a very good, clean copy.