Alexander allardyce ed (1 Ergebnisse)

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A scarce complete first edition of this Scottish history, compiled from the manuscripts of John Ramsay of Ochtertyre. The first edition. Scarce to find complete in two volumes.Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth.This work offers a compilation of the Ochtertyre Manuscripts, which comprises writings carried out during the last quarter of the eighteenth century by John Ramsay, a Scottish antiquarian and renowned letter-writer of his time.The manuscripts shed light on the literature, religion, government, education and private lives of Scotland during that time. Chapters include 'Men of Genius and Taste from 1745 to 1763', 'Experiences of a Landlord' and 'Highland Superstitions'.Edited by Alexander Allardyce, a Scottish author, journalist and historian. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading and marks to the spines. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…