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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Third Edition. 1896. Third edition. xx, 152pp., frontispiece portrait of Flora Macdonald, and an 8-page catalogue at the end of the book. Rev. Alexander MacGregor (1806-1881) was a minister of the Established Church in Kilmuir, Skye, in Edinburgh, and latterly in Inverness. Along with the Rev. Dr. Norman MacLeod he was one of the most prolific writers of Gaelic prose in the nineteenth century. This book is his account of the life of Flora MacDonald (1722-1790), a member of the minor gentry from the Outer Hebrides who is probably best known for helping Charles Edward Stuart evade government troops after the Battle of Culloden in April 1746. This edition includes a life of the author together with an appendix containing details of Flora Macdonald's descendents. The Scotsman newspaper described the work as "The first complete and authentic account of Flora Macdonald's life, and her memorable achievement in contriving the escape of Charles Edward, that has yet been written." The book is bound in the original blue cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine and front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear and light soiling to the boards and light bumping to the spine ends. The contents are tight and clean with some light foxing to the half-title page and last page of the catalogue together with some foxing on the fore edge of the text block. The endpapers are browned and a name has been written on the front fixed endpaper.

A substantial and scholarly late-Victorian study of Scottish ecclesiastical silver. Rev. Thomas Burns's Old Scottish Communion Plate (1892) remains the definitive reference work on the subject, documenting the design, history, and use of communion vessels across Scotland. The volume includes a preface by the Moderator of the General Assembly, James MacGregor, and valuable chronological tables of Scottish hallmarks compiled by Alexander J.S. Brook. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates and engravings, it is both an important work of church history and a key reference for collectors of Scottish silver. Old Scottish Communion Plate, by the Rev. Thomas Burns, F.R.S.E., F.S.A. Scot., Minister of Lady Glendorch's Parish, Edinburgh. With a Preface by The Right Rev. James MacGregor, D.D., St Cuthbert's, Moderator of the General Assembly, and Chronological Tables of Scottish Hall-marks prepared by Alexander J.S. Brook, F.S.A. Scot. Published in Edinburgh by R. & R. Clark, 1892. Limited to 175 copies on large paper. This numbered 69 and is signed by the author. A good hardback in original Publisher's binding - burgundy leather spine and corners with gilt decoration, rules and titles. With red cloth over boards with gilt title and roundel to front cover. The covers with some rubbing, bumping and wear. Outer joints are rubbed, but all soundly bound. Text is bright and clean throughout, with clean and attractive plates. Burgundy endpapers with some rubbing. With gilt top edge to text block. A very usable copy of this substantial and comprehensive work. Text in English. xxx + 651pp + Numerous illustrations and Plates (some with tissue guards). Dimensions: approximately 295mm high x 248mm wide x 72mm. Approximate weight 3.5kg (unpacked).

Hardcover. Zustand: g to vg. Limited First edition. Large quarto (11 1/4 x 9"). xxx, 651, [1]pp. Modern full burgundy pebbled buckram, with gold lettering to spine. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering. First catalogue of all the silver vessels belonging to the Church of Scotland which were dedicated for sacramental use prior to 1800, with their inscriptions, and where it has been possible, with extracts of Kirk-Session Records bearing on them. Includes information about Scottish communion customs and their associated cups and tokens, as well as baptismal vessels; A thorough volume, which also contains a chapter devoted to Scottish hallmarks. One of 175 signed copies on large paper, of which this is No. 91. This work is profusely illustrated throughout with 105 in-text figs and numerous plates, including 20 tissue-guarded photogravures. Ex-library copy with stamp at top and bottom paper edges, bookplate on inside of front cover, and library printed reference notice on inside of back covers. Only the 20 tissue-guarded photogravures are water-stained along edges. The other plates and pages are absolutely clean. Binding in overall very good, interior in good to very good condition.