Origines Parochiales Scotiae. Two Volumes in Three The Antiquities Ecclesiastical and Territorial of the Parishes of Scotland. Association David Laird

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Gift inscription of "David Laing Esq LLD 1860". Xliii, 532, map + xx, 390, 2 maps + xxii, 391-846 pp, 3 maps. In fair condition, ex-lib with all normal marks, dark green original cloth which is faded, each volume has green library tape on spines, the two vol. II still have the original spine label which is chipped and worn. The set has all six maps, the map in Vol. I has a short tear at the joint, the 1st map in Vol II Part I has a long horizontal clean tear. There is minor pencil marginalia in each volume, many pages never separated, in Vol. II part II there are tear at the top edge at the beginning where someone tried inexpertly to separate, pg 393-396 have a long clean tear from the top edge. Vol. II, Part II has some cracking at the hinges and the most wear, in general. The gift inscription -- to a Presbyterian college in Canada -- appears to be that of the noted Edinburgh antiquarian David Laird (1793 1878). Whether it is his inscription or that of the receiving college librarian, we can't say. Vol. I. Diocese of Glasgow. --vol. II, pt. 1. Diocese of Argyle. Diocese of the Isles. --vol. II, pt. 2. Diocese of Ross. Diocese of Caithness. Diocese of Argyle. Diocese of the Isles. A complete set with all the maps and an interesting provenance. Priced low to reflect condition, would definitely repay conservation. ; Bannatyne Club Publications; Ex-Library; Vol. 97; 4to 11" - 13" tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6043

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