The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Mid-Calder with some account of the Religious House of Torphichen founded upon record

M'Call, Hardy Bertram

Published by Richard Cameron, Edinburgh, 1894

About this Item

Wear to ends of spine with 3/8" tears and chips to cloth. Hinges broken. Previous owner's inscription dated 1899 on front endpaper. Some foxing. Dampstain to blank margin of frontispiece and a few preliminary leaves. ; viii, 272 pages + frontispiece + 1 double page map + 1 plate + 1 folding pedigree chart of the family of Samilands of Calder Lords Torpichen. Red buckram cloth boards with gilt illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 253 x 201mm. Top page edges gilt. In-text woodcut illustrations. Includes a section on Witchcraft in the Parish: "It has been said that the 'Calder Witches' were at one time as proverbial in this country as the Lancashire witches in England" - page 31. Contents: Introductory Observations; The Parish; Calder House and the Lords Torpichen; County Seats and Historic Lands; The Parish Church; Ecclesiastical History; The Religious House of Torpichen; Appendix; Index. ; 4to.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Mid-Calder with some account of the Religious House of Torphichen founded upon record
• Publisher: Richard Cameron, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 1894
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Witches and Witchcraft