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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Contemporary account of the siege of Edinburgh Castle by Bonnie Prince Charlie during the Jacobite Rebellion in October 1745. SMYTHE, David, 9th of Braco, 3rd of Methven (1711-1764). Autograph letter signed to his mother, Lady Cochrane, concerning the Jacobite occupation of Edinburgh and the siege conditions around Edinburgh Castle during the uprising. Dated 7 October 1745. 8 pp., two folded sheets. Laid paper with contemporary watermarks and chain lines visible. Folded as sent, docketed on final page in a later hand: "Letter from Lord Methven's Father to his Mother Lady . Cochrane - 1745". Minor age toning and creasing, but overall, exceptionally well preserved for a manuscript of the period. Very good. A contemporary account written during the Jacobite occupation of Edinburgh in October 1745, only weeks after the capture of the city by Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Smythe, the owner of Methven Castle, around 50 miles north of Edinburgh, describes the tense standoff between the Jacobite forces controlling the town and the government garrison under Generals Preston and Guest holding Edinburgh Castle. The manuscript contains extended contemporary references to artillery fire from the castle, Highland batteries raised around Castlehill, attempts to blockade provisions, threats to "lay the town to ashes", firing cannon through the streets and widespread anguish amongst the inhabitants. Smythe received his information from contacts in the neighbouring town of Kinghorn. Particularly notable are Smythe's references to identifiable Edinburgh locations including Castlehill, the Luckenbooths, Heriot's Hospital, the weigh house, and batteries near the foundry. He records fears that "the miseries of this poor country are but beginning" and remarks grimly that "Gain or lose who will, Scotland must suffer greatly". He also acutely describes the stand-off, between Prince Charles referenced in the letter as "PC" and what he refers to as "German Power" in the castle. Beyond the immediate siege conditions, Smythe also relays to his mother intelligence concerning troop movements and rumours circulating in Scotland in October 1745, including reports of Dutch troops landing at Newcastle and Berwick, British regiments arriving at Gravesend and Blackwall, expectations of further reinforcements by sea, and the financial contribution levied upon Glasgow. An unusually detailed Jacobite Rebellion manuscript letter, rich in military, political, and topographical content, and closely tied to the occupation of Edinburgh by Prince Charles Stuart during the uprising in 1745. A full transcript is available on request. Signed by Author(s).…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Hardback, original blind-stamped boards with gilt illustration to front board, new spine with label. x, 270pp. Half-title, engraved title, letter press title, folding map and 5 plates. Ex-theological college library marking to front pastedown, title pages, back of first plate and to page 1. Extrremities slightly worn. (bstop).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. A GUILD OF WOMEN BINDERS VOLUME OF ALMOST UNHEARD-OF SIZE No. 19 OF 350 COPIES, 1 p.l., vii, 300 pp., [1] leaf, 33 engraved plates, all with a second state in bistre, one in colour, all with lettered tissue guards, 3 engraved facsimile letters (one is two-sided), engraved head- and tailpieces, seven of these with an extra state in bistre, IMPRESSIVE OLIVE-BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY THE GUILD OF WOMEN BINDERS (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with a wide frame of elaborately tooled thistles enclosing the badge of Prince Charles Edward at center, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with tooled thistle frame, one compartment with small heraldic crest at center, three others with gilt titling, very wide turn-ins with sprays of thistles at the corner, vellum(?) pastedowns, top edge gilt, spine evenly sunned to a slightly lighter brown, a hint of rubbing to extremities, but A VERY FINE COPY, Folio (325 x 250 mm), London: Goupil & Co., 1900. THE GRAND BINDING LUSTROUS. This volume makes an immediate strong impression for two obvious reasons. First, like other examples of the work from the Guild of Women Binders, it is decorated without much concern for traditional patterns of design, featuring floating dentelles that resemble dancing clover leaves enclosing the royal arms in the middle of each board. Second, compared to the typical Guild binding, it is immense! We do not know of another Guild of Women Binders binding approaching the physical size of this volume. The interior of the book tells the story of Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart (1720-88), commonly called by the (happily shorter) appellation The Young Pretender (and after his death as Bonnie Prince Charlie). As the grandson of the deposed James II, he claimed the English throne (as Charles III) upon the death of his father James Francis Edward Stuart; he attempted to raise a rebellion in Scotland in 1745-56 to overthrow the reigning English monarch George II, but it failed at the Battle of Culloden.  This account is written by Andrew Lang (1844-1912), the well-known classicist, literary critic, poet, folklorist, and writer of fantasy novels. …

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Bon. pet. in 8°, de 29pp., qq. ff. blancs in fine, rel. pl. veau brun époque, dos orné entièrement remonté (peu visible), p. de t. rouge, dentelle int. Rarissime édition bilingue anglais-français publiée à Londres du récit anonyme de l'arrestation à Paris du Prince Charles Edward Stuart dit "Bonnie Prince Charlie" en 1748. Après l'échec de la bataille de Culloden, le clan jacobite est défait. La répression menée par le Duc de Cumberland est féroce. La tête du Prince Charles Edward est mise à prix. Il se réfugie finalement en France, mais enchaîne les querelles et les dettes. En 1748, la paix d'Aix-la-Chapelle conclue avec l'Angleterre implique la reconnaissance de la dynastie des Hanovre, Louis XV tente de d'amadouer Charles Edward en lui offrant une maison en Suisse ainsi qu'une pension, mais il refuse. Le 10 décembre 1748, le Prince est arrêté sur son chemin pour aller à l'opéra et conduit à la Bastille. L'arrestation est musclée et nécessite la contribution de deux régiments des gardes françaises sous la direction du Duc de Biron. Le Prince se réfugiera ensuite à Avignon sous la protection du Pape, puis aux Pays-Bas et enfin à Rome où il décédera en 1788. La lignée Stuart s'éteint définitivement en 1807. Aucun exemplaire au cat. CCFR - British Libr. (Only the English édition, not the bilingual).…