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Munro Innes. A Narrative of the Military Operations on the Coromandel Coast against the Combined forces of the French Dutch and Hyder Ally Cawn. London: for the Author 1789. First edition 4to additional engraved title folding plate and 8 (of 9) folding plans contemporary calf occasional light soiling most plans and plate repaired on verso upper joint splitting; Hogarth William. The Complete Works. London [no date] 4to engraved plates contemporary half calf spine gilt a few plates damp stained at outer margin; Defoe Daniel. The Life and most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Edinburgh: A. Donaldson 1773 nineteenth edition 4 engraved plates contemporary sheep slightly damp-stained (3).

Burton John Hill and others. The history of Scotland. Edinburgh: Blackwood [1873]. second edition 8 volumes 8vo. contemporary light tan calf spines decorated gilt in compartments t.e.g. others uncut; Lang Andrew. History of Scotland. Edinburgh: Blackwood 1900-07. First edition 4 volumes frontispiece to each volume maps folding tables original cloth uncut (and substantially unopened); Brown P. Hume. Early travellers in Scotland. Edinburgh: Douglas 1891. First edition 8vo. maps (including 1 folding) tables original cloth; Graham H.G. The social life of Scotland in the eighteenth century. London: Black 1900. second edition 2 volumes 8vo. original cloth; Renwick R. Glasgow memorials. Glasgow: Maclehose 1908. First edition frontispiece plates original cloth t.e.g. no 550 of 600 copies and 10 others (26).

Cockburn Henry Lord. Memorials of his time. Edinburgh: Black 1856. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece; Journal of Henry Cockburn being a continuation of the Memorials of his time 1831-1854. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas 1874. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. 2 facsimiles; Life of Lord Jeffrey with a selection of his correspondence. Edinburgh: Black 1852. First edition 2 volumes portrait frontispiece to volume 1. All five uniformly bound in half red morocco cloth boards t.e.g. by Maclehose of Glasgow. (5).

Dalrymple Sir David. Annals of Scotland. Edinburgh: J Murray 1776. First edition 2 volumes 4to full calf gilt red and black labels rubbed and scratched worm damage to outer hinges volume II hinge split at head. Provenance: The Right Hon. Lord Banff bookplate. Ayton bookplate inscribed "A present from Sir George Abercromby to Alex Murray - Ayton 1806" on endpaper.

Patten Rev. Robert. The history of the late rebellion. London: Printed for J. Baker and T. Warner 1717. First edition 8vo pp. [6] 271 contemporary panelled sheep blind stamped on boards rebacked worn at extremities inner hinges strengthened some occasional spotting Note: NLS.

Innes Cosmo. Scotland in the Middle Ages. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas 1860. First edition 3 maps contemporary panelled and sprinkled calf gilt fleurons at the corners of the inner panel outer gilt rules spine decorated gilt in compartments red and green morocco lettering pieces t.e.g. by Ramage; Sketches of early Scotch history and social progress. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas 1861. First edition 8vo. uniformly bound with the preceding; Lectures on Scotch legal antiquities. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas 1872. First edition 8vo. uniformly bound with the preceding. (3).

Morton James. The Monastic Annals of Teviotdale. Edinburgh 1832 4to 19 engraved plates slight spotting preliminaries slightly loose contemporary half morocco rubbed; The Topographical Statistical and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland. Glasgow 1842 2 volumes 8vo engraved plates map (torn at folds) contemporary reversed calf; Chambers Robert A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. [n.p.] 1835 4 volumes 8vo engraved portraits slightly spotted contemporary half calf; Scott W. The Pirate. Edinburgh 1822. First edition 3 volumes 12mo volume 3 lacks half-title contemporary half calf slightly rubbed; Scottish Armorial Manuscript. Small album of hand-coloured Scottish armorial designs; and a Dictionary of the Holy Bible (12).

Anderson James. Selectus diplomatum & numismatum Scotiae thesaurus adjuncta sunt reliquorum Scotiae & Magnae Britanniae regum sigilla posterior continent numismata tam aurea quam argentea singulorum Scotiae regum ab Alexandro I ad supradictam regnorum coalitionem perpetua serie deducta quae operi deerant supplevit Thomas Ruddimannus. Edinburgh: apud Tho. & Walt. Ruddimanos 1739. First edition folio title-page in red and black 180 engraved plates (including a frontispiece and divisional titles) of which several are folding or double page of charters seals & coins contemporary brown morocco gilt rules spine decorated gilt in compartments inner gilt dentelles a.e.g. edges rubbed. Note: This magnificent production was the life work of the compiler who did not live to see it completed or published. It was completed by Thomas Ruddiman eleven years after the compiler's death. The fine engraved facsimile plates are by George Child. Adam Smith quotes from the preface in the Wealth of Nations. Provenance: With the book-plates of W. Bruce Bannerman and Julian A. Walker.

Anderson John. Historical account of the family of Frisel or Fraser particularly of Lovat embracing various notices illustrative of national customs and manners with original correspondence of Simon Lord Lovat &c. Edinburgh: Blackwood 1825. First edition 4to. engraved frontispiece engraved plate of seals 2 folding genealogical tables modern quarter calf marbled boards fore-edges uncut offsetting from the frontispiece to the title-page; Fraser Sir William. N. Account of the family of Fraser more particularly of the House of Durris. [Edinburgh: Colston c. 1890?]. First edition small 4to. contemporary paper boards quarter cloth; Mackenzie Alexander. History of the Frasers of Lovat. Inverness: Mackenzie 1896. First edition 8vo. cloth t.e.g. fore-edges uncut upper inner joint cracking prelims. almost loose. (3). Note: Ferguson p. 60 (Anderson) p. 59 (Fraser & Mackenzie).

[Anstis John]. The register of the Most Noble Order of the Garter from its cover in black velvet usually called the Black Book with notes placed at the bottom of the pages and an introduction. London: John Barber 1724. First edition 2 volumes folio engraved frontispiece to each volume engraved vignettes as head and tail pieces 13 engraved plates (of which 2 are folding) with the "Editoris appendix" bound at the front of volume 2 contemporary sprinkled calf with some scuff marks and rubbing occasional slight paper discolouration single wormhole in the margin of the prelims. to volume 1 otherwise a very good copy with good margins. (2). Note: Moule 477. "Glover Camden and Dugdale are formidable names yet it may be questioned whether Anstis did not in strictly heraldic learning surpass them all. In perusing his manuscript remains one is constantly astonished at the breadth and depth of his scholarship and his mastery of a vast range of primary sources." (Wagner Heralds of England p. 318. His reputation was established by the present publication though only these two volumes appeared out of a projected eight which he undertook at his own expense of #1000 and of which he only recovered about half. Provenance: Signature of George Edward Stanley on the title-pages.

Brabner J.H.F. The comprehensive gazetteer of England and Wales. London: William Mackenzie [1894-95]. First edition 6 volumes numerous plates and guarded maps original maroon cloth t.e.g. slight wear at heads and tails. (6).

Cokayne George Edward. Complete baronetage. Exeter: William Pollard 1900-09. First edition 6 volumes 8vo. modern half calf cloth boards endpapers renewed. (6).

MacDonald Revd. Angus J. & MacDonald Revd. Archibald M. The Clan Donald. Inverness: Northern Counties Publishing Company 1896-1904. First edition 3 volumes 8vo. plates original cloth over bevelled boards t.e.g. others uncut upper and lower inner joints of volume 1 cracking. (3). Note: Ferguson p. 105.

Anstis John. Observations introductory to an historical essay upon the Knighthood of the Bath. London: James Woodman 1725. First edition 2 parts in 1 volume 4to. modern quarter calf marbled boards light water staining of the upper margins and some spotting. Note: Moule 479. By 1725 the Order of the Bath had fallen into disuse the last creation being at the coronation of Charles II. Wagner suggests that the main object behind Anstis' revival was to ingratiate himself with the Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole. "Anstis had the happy inspiration of reviving this ancient name and its chivalric associations but attaching it as had never been before to an Order or company of knights like the Order of the Garter fixed in number with statutes a Great Master officers a chapel and special precedence. Its attraction for Walpole was the same which its dozens of successors in the eighteenth nineteenth and twentieth centuries have since had for every government in the world that it enabled him to gratify valued adherents at no cost to himself The thing was admirably done. Anstis in a small octavo volume of Observations printed almost everything that research has been able to discover about the antiquities of the subject. He drafted the Statutes and Ceremonial and upon the 27th of May 1725 the Great Master and twenty eight Companions were knighted and invested with the ribbon and badge of the Order. (Wagner Heralds of England p. 357-8.

Ashmole Elias. The institution laws & ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. London: Nathanael Brooke 1672. First edition title-page in red and black engraved illustrated in the text with an engraved portrait frontispiece of Charles II by Sherwin and 32 engraved plates (of which a number are double and 5 double sided) by Hollar with the errata leaf at the end contemporary mottled calf spine decorated gilt in compartments spine repaired with the original backstrip laid down title-page a little dusty and with a small piece torn from the lower corner (repaired) small tear in p 223 (no loss) with the blind book stamp of Edinburgh Public Library on the lower cover and in ink at the end. Note: Moule 250; Wing A 3983. "It is a notable work of scholarship handsomely produced and illustrated and dealing with many cognate matters." (Wagner Heralds of England p. 265. The work includes a fine series of engravings of Windsor Castle and the Chapel by Hollar. Ashmole who held the office of Windsor Herald was instrumental in founding the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford to which he bequeathed his collection of manuscripts and most of his printed books along with the famous collection of John Tradescant the naturalist who had presented his collection to Ashmole in gratitude for cataloguing it. Provenance: With the armorial book-plate of Thomas Hayward Southby of Carswell. Sheriff Bogie records his purchase from the Edinburgh bookseller Grant & Shaw in the following terms "The book was sold by Edinburgh Public Library along with seemingly others to the disgrace of Edinburgh.".

Atholl John Stewart-Murray 7th Duke of Atholl. Chronicles of the Atholl and Tullibardine families. Edinburgh: privately printed at the Ballantyne Press 1908. Revised edition 5 volumes 8vo. 44 photographic plates (many mounted) with a folding genealogical table in volume 5 original cloth t.e.g. small tear to the inner margin of the table occasional annotations and marginal scoring throughout. Note: Ferguson p. 138. First four volumes originally published in 1896. Revised in 1907 and by the addition of a fifth volume continued to 1906. All volumes numbered 56 by hand on the half-title. Provenance: Armorial book-plate of Captain J.M.S. Steuart of Ballechin and with an inserted presentation inscription from the Duke of Atholl.

Biographical Reference. A collection of biographical reference comprising: Who was who 1916 - 1995 [with] Cumulative index 1897-1990. London: Black 1929-1991. 9 volumes original cloth; Burke Sir Bernard. Landed gentry. London: Harrison 1898. 9th edition 2 volumes original cloth t.e.g.; Burke's landed gentry. London: Burke's Peerage 1952. 17th edition original cloth; Burke's landed gentry. London: Burke's Peerage 1965-72. 18th edition 3 volumes original cloth; Burke A.P. Family records. London: Harrison 1897 original cloth; Walford's county families. London: Spottiswoode 1914. 54th edition original cloth; Burke's peerage & baronetage. London: Burke's Peerage 1980. 105th edition original cloth; Chalmers Robert. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen. Glasgow: Blackie 1837. 4 volumes engraved plates modern cloth; Galloway Peter et al. Royal service Volume 1 The Royal Victorian Order etc. London: Victorian Publishing 1996. First edition original boards no 835 of 1000; The Edinburgh Academy register. Edinburgh: Constable 1914 original cloth no 1002 of 2000. Together 24 volumes various sizes. (24).

Collins Arthur. Proceedings precedents and arguments on claims and controversies concerning baronies by writ and other honours with the arguments of Sir Francis Bacon Sir Henry Montagu the Lord Chief Justice Crew [et al.] with an appendix containing several papers copied from the Bodleian and Ashmolean Libraries at Oxford. London: Thomas Wotton 1734. First edition folio contemporary sprinkled calf gilt ruled later rebacking endpapers renewed title-page lightly spotted with an MS pedigree of Norborne Berkeley tipped in at the end. Note: Moule 514 who lists the various claims included. A number of the claims are published from manuscripts which belonged to Gregory King Lancaster Herald and described by Wagner (Heralds of England p. 306) as one of the most distinguished heralds of his generation.

[Courcillon de Dangeau Louis de Abbé]. Les principes du blazon ou l'on explique toutes les regles et tous les termes de cete siance. Paris: Nicolas Simart 1715. First edition folding hand coloured plate of tinctures folding genealogical table of the Dauphin 15 folding armorial plates 3 single armorial plates modern half brown morocco cloth boards t.e.g. fore-edges uncut fore-edges a little discoloured extending into the margins with five typed genealogies bound in. Note: Courcillon de Dangeau (1643-1723) was elected to the Académe in 1682. He presided over a literary and political salon attended by Cardinal Polignac and other fashionable and distinguished contemporaries. The present work is not recorded by the British Library And was not noticed by Moule. Provenance: Armorial book-plate of Edward Swinten Harris the book-label of Samuel Field and with the signature of David Field 1833 on the title-page.

Crawfurd George. The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: for the author 1716. First edition title-page in red and black contemporary mottled calf spine decorated gilt in compartments joints and extremities rubbed corners worn title-page a little dusty slight paper discolouration without the list of subscribers noted by Moule. Note: Moule 429. "As the first publication upon the Peerage of Scotland this work is deserving of great praise." (Moule). Provenance: With the armorial book-plate of William Grahame of Morphie.

Douglas Sir Robert of Glenbervie. The baronage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the gentry of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute 1798. First edition folio engraved coats of arms in the text full brown morocco triple gilt fillet spines decorated gilt in compartments a.e.g. inner gilt dentelles by Bedford a very good copy with wide margins. Note: Moule 707. The title-page describes the work as being illustrated with coats of arms. In fact there are only a handful and these for the families added by the editors who completed the work following the death of Sir Robert. Similarly a second volume comprising a catalogue of manuscripts and announced at the end of the Preface was never issued. The work was intended to accompany Douglas's Peerage of Scotland and includes an historical account of 153 families. Provenance: With the armorial book-plate of Sir Charles Tennant.

Douglas Sir Robert of Glenbervie. The peerage of Scotland containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom from their origin to the present generation. Edinburgh: Fleming 1764. First edition folio 10 engraved plates of arms contemporary half calf marbled boards joints rubbed slight paper discolouration. Note: Moule 600. Provenance: With the armorial book-plate of Sir Archibald Grant of Moneymusk and with his signature on the title-page.

[Drummond Henry]. Histories of noble British families with biographical notices of the most distinguished individuals in each: illustrated by their armorial bearings portraits monuments seals etc. London: Pickering 1846-1852. First edition 2 volumes in 1 folio with numerous hand coloured coats of arms illustrated (with many coloured) 81 plates (of which 41 are hand coloured) corrigenda slip in volume 2 contemporary half red morocco cloth boards spine decorated gilt in compartments a.e.g. rubbed occasional offsetting and spotting. Note: Keynes Pickering p. 52 with 72 plates and noting that only a small number were produced. Keynes attributes the printing to Whittingham at Chiswick. Commenting on Pickering's involvement with works elaborately illustrated with engravings coloured by hand or produced in colours from stone Keynes rather discouragingly observes "These somewhat repellent books culminate in the pretentious splendour of Drummond's Histories. Their production must have entailed an immense output of effort by their authors and some volumes doubtless made a great advance in the craft of printing in colour but they do not seem to carry much weight at the present time as works of authority on the subjects with which they deal and typographically they are of small account.". The families are: Ashburnham Arden Crompton Cecil Harley Bruce Perceval Dunbar Hume Dundas Drummond & Neville. Provenance: With the book-plate of Thomas Brooke FSA of Armitage Bridge.

Dugdale Sir William. The ancient usage in bearing of such ensigns of honour as are commonly called arms to which is added A brief discourse touching the office of the Lord High Chancellor of England whereto is superadded Honores anglicani or titles and honours of the English nobility by T.C. Banks. London: Samuel Bagster 1812. Folio hand coloured coats of arms in the text 2 folding engraved plates 1 folding genealogical table contemporary half calf marbled boards folding plates a little discoloured; Cruise William. A treatise on the origin and nature of dignities or titles of honor. London: Butterworths 1823. second edition. Original paper boards printed paper label fore-edges uncut. fore-edges a little foxed; Foster Joseph. Some feudal coats of arms from heraldic rolls 1298-1418. London: Parker 1902. First edition 8vo. illustrated publisher's cloth over bevelled boards loosely tipped in is a letter from the author to Sir Arthur Vicary Ulster King of Arms dated 25 July 1902 presenting the book to him.; Nicolas Sir Harris. The historic peerage of England revised by William Courthope. London: John Murray 1857. New edition 8vo. publisher's cloth upper inner joint broken; Woodward John & Burnett George. A treatise on heraldry British and foreign. Edinburgh: Johnston 1892. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. illustrated coloured plates original half morocco cloth boards t.e.g. others uncut heads and tails a little rubbed. (6).

Dugdale Sir William. The baronage of England or an historical account of the lives and most memorable actions of our English nobility. London: Tho. Newcomb for Abel Roper John Martin and Henry Herringman 1675-76. First edition 3 volumes in 2 folio title-pages to volumes 1 & 2 in red and black 5 double page genealogical tables later full light tan calf spines decorated gilt in compartments red and green morocco lettering pieces joints a little rubbed. Note: Moule 274; Wing D 2480. "In 1675 and 1676 the third of Dugdale's great works The Baronage of England which had been in preparation since 1642 had at length appeared. 'No single work' says Professor D.C. Douglas 'has ever done so much for the history of the English aristocracy.' It is a major contribution to English historiography both in content and in method." (Wagner The heralds of England p. 293. Provenance: Carmichael (Earls of Hyndford) book-plate and book-plate of Richard L. Pemberton.'.

Dugdale Sir William. A perfect copy of all summons of the nobility to the Great Councils and Parliaments of this realm from the XLIX. of King Henry the IIId until these present times. London: printed by S.R. for Robert Clavell 1685 [i.e. c. 1794]. second edition folio contemporary tree calf spine decorated gilt in compartments joints cracking. Note: Moule 320 suggesting the date of c. 1794 for this edition which was re-issued with the original imprint. Copies not traced in either NLS or BL. Provenance: Armorial book-plate of Thomas Weld-Blundell nephew of Cardinal Thomas Weld of Lulworth Castle the first Englishman to have a seat in the Conclave since the pontificate of Clement IX.

Edmondson Joseph. A complete body of heraldry containing: an historical enquiry into the origin of armouries Glover's Ordinary of arms augmented and improved An alphabet of arms containing upwards of fifty thousand coats with their crests &c. and A copious glossary explaining all the technical terms used in heraldry. London: for the author 1780. First edition 2 volumes 25 engraved plates (including a portrait frontispiece of the compiler) subscriber list contemporary tree calf spines decorated gilt in compartments red and green morocco lettering pieces occasional offsetting and a few leaves spotted. (2). Note: Moule 650 with a six page description of the contents. Edmonston who began life as apprentice to a barber and continued a coach painting business was "not a trained scholar and was a pushing and intrusive person but he was an enthusiast and a man of excellent natural judgment Of his published works the Complete Body of Heraldry was mostly Anstis and the Baronagium Genealogicum mostly Simon Segar. But he had the wit and enterprise to acquire their very valuable unpublished works when others might have done so but did not; and his publication of them even though without due acknowledgment was a public service." (Wagner Heralds of England p. 390). Provenance: With the book-plate of Harriet Duchess of St. Albans.

Fox-Davies Arthur Charles. Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour. London: Hurst & Blackett 1929. 7th edition 4to. illustrated original buckram over bevelled boards t.e.g. others uncut heads and tails rubbed; Fairbairn James. Fairbairn's crests of the families of Great Britain & Ireland. Poole: New Orchard Editions 1986. 8vo. original cloth dustwrappers; Fox-Davies Arthur Charles. A complete guide to heraldry. London: Nelson [n.d.]. First edition 8vo. illustrated plates original cloth dustwrapper wrapper torn. (4).

Fraser Alexander Baron Saltoun. The Frasers of Philorth. Edinburgh: [Edinburgh University Press] 1879. First edition 3 volumes 4to. illustrated 38 plates (including chromo lithographs) original red cloth gilt t.e.g. heads and tails a little rubbed. (3). Note: Ferguson p. 60. No 146 of 150 presented to H.R.H. The Duchess of Teck.

Fraser Sir William. Memorials of the Montgomeries Earls of Eglington. Edinburgh: n.p. 1859. First edition 2 volumes 4to. woodcut illustrated 21 plates (mostly doubled sided and including title-pages chromo litho views & facsimiles) with a large folding linen backed chromo litho facsimile original quarter blue morocco cloth boards t.e.g. heads tails and joints rubbed title-pages a little spotted water staining of the last two or three signatures in volume 1 (including the plates of family portraits). (2). Note: Ferguson p. 133. Fraser's second publication in his great series of family histories.

Fraser Sir William. The chiefs of Colquhoun and their country. Edinburgh: [Constable] 1869. First edition 2 volumes 4to. illustrated 27 plates (including ports. facsimiles & views of which 7 are double page) original red cloth gilt t.e.g. spines faded outer joints of coloured 1 worn. (2). Note: Ferguson p. 32. No 26 of 150 copies printed for Sir James Colquhoun of Colquhoun and Luss. Provenance: Inscribed at the front. of volume 1 "To the Chief of the Grants for the Library at Castle Grant from Wm. Fraser Edinburgh 20 November 1883" and at the end "No. 26 to The Hon. Marmaduke Constable Maxwell of Terregles.".

Favyn André. The theater of honour and knight-hood or a compendious chronicle and historie of the whole Christian world containing the original of all monarches kingdomes and estates with their emperours kings princes and governours the first institution of armes emblazons kings heralds and pursuivants of armes. London: William Jaggard 1623. First edition in English 2 parts in 1 volume folio title-page in red and black with 5 (of 12) engraved plates of arms duplicated in the text of the book numerous woodcut illustrations of orders arms etc. in the text of which the illustration of the Order of the Bear on p. 275 of the second volume and eight coats of arms at the end have been hand coloured modern half calf marbled boards endpapers renewed edges of title-page a little worn wormhole at lower inner margin through a few signatures. Note: Moule 111; STC 10717. First published in Paris in 1620 the work "comprises the most valuable treatise we have in English upon the Foreign orders of knighthood; there are other discussions upon the Ceremonies Combats Precedence &c. equally worth the attention of the antiquary and historian." (Moule). The work has an additional significance in that its execution took place alongside the production of the Shakespeare first folio and therefore plays an important part in studying its production and printing. The Theater was entered in the Stationers' Register on 23 October 1622 but printing probably began in February-March 1622 at the same time as work began on the Shakespeare Folio and that it was finished at the sane time as F1. The Theater shares not only the same format with the First Folio but certain ornaments and rules in particular the "Satyr" ornament. The different states of the types and ornaments in both F1 and the Theater are an important guide to the printing of the First Folio. (see Hinmann Printing and proof-reading of the First Folio Shakespeare p. 36 etc.) For example Peter Blaney (The First Folio) records an F1 page which has picked up a distinct image from the press's tympan of an engraving used in the Theater.

Family Histories by Sir William Fraser. "By his elaborate compilations on Scottish family history Sir William Fraser has placed subsequent students of Scottish history under permanent obligations to him. Undertaken at the expense of the representatives of the historic families whose fortunes they chronicle their aim is circumscribed and their tone as well as many of their conclusions more or less biased by their special purpose; but through his free access to charter chests and family papers of all kinds he obtained the means of shedding new light on at least many minor points of general Scottish history; and if his views do not always commend themselves to the impartial student the industry of his research is undeniable. His method was dry-as-dustish even when it need not have been so his narrative is cold and tame and on strictly historical matters he is frequently weak and commonplace; but by the aid of assistants whose labours he directed and utilised he has placed within the reach of the general student of Scottish history a large amount of new and well-authenticated information. The volumes are also of great interest for their illustrations: family portraits representations of old seals facsimiles of old documents &c." (DNB). Over the years Sheriff Bogie acquired a substantial proportion of Fraser's publications which are hard to find as all were published privately in limited numbers usually 150 for distribution amongst the family and friends of those who commissioned them. Their intrinsic interest to the family historian and genealogist apart many of them are remarkable pieces of Victorian book production lavishly illustrated with extensive use of chromo lithography (the work of Lizars W.H. Macfarlane W. Banks & Sons etc.) particularly in the reproduction of documents and clearly with no expense spared by Fraser to his wealthy patrons. Doubtless in part due to the recent popularity of genealogy and family history these works have become harder to find. Fraser Sir William. The Stirlings of Keir and their family papers. Edinburgh: privately printed by [Lizars] 1858. First edition 4to. woodcut illustrated of seals and signatures 16 plates (including the title-page and which for the most part are chromo lithographs and double sided) 14 engraved plates of portraits mounted on india paper original quarter morocco cloth boards t.e.g. repairs to the backstrip endpapers renewed some light marginal foxing to a number of the plates. Note: Ferguson p. 175. No 80 of 150 copies. The first of Fraser's great series of family histories. Provenance: Presented to John Ord Mackenzie of Dolphinton.

Fraser Sir William. The Earls of Cromartie their kindred country and correspondence. Edinburgh: [Constable] 1876. First edition 2 volumes 4to. woodcut illustrated in the text 41 plates (including engraved ports. mounted on india paper chromo litho views and facsimiles) modern quarter green morocco green cloth boards red and black leather lettering pieces t.e.g. endpapers renewed. (2). Note: Ferguson p. 113.

Fraser Sir William. The Scotts of Buccleuch. Edinburgh: n.p. 1878. First edition 2 volumes 4to. numerous plates (including double page and chromo litho) original red cloth gilt t.e.g. edges and joints a little rubbed no 14 of 150 copies presented to The Duke of Abercorn; Oliver J. Rutherford. Upper Teviotdale and the Scotts of Buccleuch: a local and family history with illustrations of Border scenery by T.H. Laidlaw. Hawick: Kennedy 1887. First edition 4to. frontispiece illustrated original quarter roan cloth boards fore-edges uncut head and tail of spine a little rubbed no. 12 of 50 copies on large paper. (3). Note: Ferguson p. 158 for both works.

Fraser Sir William. The Red Book of Menteith. Edinburgh: [Edinburgh University Press] 1880. First edition 2 volumes 4to. plates (including chromo lithographs) original red cloth gilt t.e.g. extremities rubbed upper joint of volume 1 split lower joint of volume 2 splitting; Burnett George. The Red Book of Menteith reviewed. Edinburgh: David Douglas 1881. First edition 4to. original cloth stained and rubbed last few leaves loose. (3). Note: Ferguson p. 72 for both works. Provenance: The first work with the armorial book-plate of the House of Abercairny the second work with the book-plate of Stirling of Craigbarnet.

Fraser Sir William. Memorials of the family of Wemyss of Wemyss. Edinburgh: n.p. 1888. First edition 3 volumes 4to. illustrated of seals and signatures in the text with numerous full page or double page plates of coloured facsimiles of manuscripts original quarter red morocco red cloth gilt edges rubbed covers a little stained wear to head of volume 2. (3). Note: Ferguson p. 186. The third volume reproducing the plates and illustrations contained in the first two volumes as well as duplicate title-pages. Provenance: Signature of R. Wemyss October 1932 on the title-page to the third volume.

Fraser Sir William. Memorials of the Earls of Haddington. Edinburgh: Constable 1889. First edition 2 volumes 4to. engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume woodcut illustrated in the text 5 chromo litho facsimiles of manuscripts (including one folding) original quarter red morocco red cloth gilt t.e.g. others uncut extremities rubbed some spotting of endpapers. Note: Ferguson p. 78. No 20 of an edition of 150 signed by the author. Provenance: Presented to Sir Robert Abercromby.

Fraser Sir William. The Melvilles: Earls of Melville and the Leslies Earls of Leven. Edinburgh: [Constable] 1890. First edition 3 volumes 4to. woodcut illustrated in the text engraved frontispiece to each volume 38 plates (including engraved photographic and chromo litho with some mounted on india paper) original quarter red morocco red cloth gilt t.e.g. others uncut spines a little faded with heads and tails rubbed some patches of spotting. (3). Note: Ferguson p. 128. No 45 of 150 copies. Provenance: Copy presented to W.C. Cartwright of Aynho [sic] i.e William Cornwallis Cartwright of Aynhoe [3].

Gordon Alexander. Itinerarium septentrionale: or a journey thro' most of the counties of Scotland and those in the North of England. London: for the author 1726. First edition 2 parts in 1 volume folio with 66 engraved plates of which several are folding or double the frontispiece is bound at the beginning of the plates section lacking the map contemporary sprinkled calf spine decorated gilt in compartments joints rubbed. Note: Contents include: I. An account of all the monuments of Roman antiquity found and collected in that journey With a particular description of the Roman walls in Cumberland Northumberland and Scotland As also a view of the several places of encampment made by the Romans. II. An account of the Danish invasions on Scotland and of the monuments erected there on the different defeats of that people. With other curious remains.

[Harbin George]. The hereditary right of the Crown of England asserted; the history of the succession since the conquest clear'd; and the true English constitution vindicated from the misrepresentations of Dr. Higden's view and defence. London: by G. James for Richard Smith 1713. First edition folio contemporary calf spine decorated gilt in compartments head and tail of spine worn paper discoloured throughout.; Noble Mark the Revd. An historical genealogy of the Royal House of Stuarts. London: Faulder 1795. First edition 4to. original half roan marbled boards edges worn; [Keith George Keith Elphinstone Viscount]. Memorial to shew that the eldest son of the King has right by birth to the Principality and Great Stewardship of Scotland and is a peer of that Kingdom by the style and titles of Duke of Rothesay Earl of Carrick Baron of Renfrew and Lord of the Isles. [Edinburgh?] 1791. First edition full crimson polished morocco variant without the reference to Charter B.4 no 53 on p. 6. (3).

Hume David of Godscroft. A generall history of Scotland from the year 767 to the death of King James containing the principal revolumeutions and transactions of church & state with political observations and reflections upon the same. London: Simon Miller 1657. 4th edition folio 18th century calf dried and rubbed joints cracked a few leaves a little discoloured. Note: Moule 164 (with the first edition of 1644 and later editions; Wing H 3657. Although described in the title as "A generall history of Scotland" the work is in fact a family history of the House of Douglas and Angus "The confusion is due to the difficulties of Hume's daughter Anna Hume in getting the work published owing to the opposition of William Douglas eleventh earl of Angus who resented the use which Hume had made of some of the materials supplied him from the family archives. Hume is thought to have finished the history between 1625 and 1630 the year (it is conjectured) of his death." DNB. Provenance: Book-plates of J.A. Jamieson and I.J.W. Mackenzie Armitage.

Laing Henry. Descriptive catalogue of impressions from ancient Scottish seals royal baronial ecclesiastical and municipal embracing a period from A.D. 1094 to the Commonwealth [with] Supplemental descriptive catalogue. Edinburgh: Maitland Club 1850 [Volume 2 Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas 1866]. First edition 2 volumes 4to. engraved frontispiece to each volume illustrated 45 engraved plates full pebble grain morocco panelled in gilt a.e.g. inner doublures some discolouration of the paper particularly in the first volume and some patches of foxing. (2). Provenance: With the armorial book-plates of Captain John William Burns of Kilmahew Dumbartonshire.

[Macgeorge Andrew]. The Bairds of Gartsherrie: some notices of their origin and history. Glasgow: University Press 1875. First edition 4to. illustrated with 35 plates (including 5 coloured litho) and 8 hand coloured coats of arms in the text a folding genealogical table full crimson morocco gilt central panel with fleurons at corners and outer gilt fillets upper cover with gilt arms of George Baird of Strichen and Stichill spine decorated gilt in compartments inner gilt dentelles a.e.g. by Maclehose of Glasgow. Note: Ferguson p. 7.

Madox Thomas. Baronia anglica: an history of land-honours and baronies and tenure in capite verified by records. London: Francis Gosling 1741. second edition folio large engraved vignette on the title-page and other vignettes as head and tailpieces contemporary calf later rebacking (8). Note: Moule 538; Sweet & Maxwell I.45. Madox considered as one of England's greatest legal antiquaries succeeded Thomas Rymer as royal historiographer in 1714. First published in 1736 "The Baronia Anglica presents us with a picture partial though it be as Madox himself admitted of feudalism in its constitutional aspect. Seignorial courts and seignorial justice are given due attention. Various branches of the common law also receive historical treatment." (H.Hazeltine quoted in Marke pp. 12 141.). Provenance: With the armorial book-plates of the Revd. Allen Cliffe of Male Mathon Herefordshire and Harry Lawrence Bradfer-Lawrence FSA. Acquired by Sheriff Bogie from Sotherans.

Maidment James. Genealogical fragments. Berwick: for private circulation 1855. First edition 8vo. on Large Paper buckram original wrappers bound in; Some account of the ancient Earldom of Carric by Andrew Carrick to which is prefixed Notices of the Earldom after it came into the families of De Bruce and Stewart by James Maidment. Edinburgh: Stevenson 1857. First edition 8vo. original cloth printed paper label presentation copy from the author to William Logan one of sixty copies; Collectanea genealogica. Edinburgh: privately printed 1883. First edition 4to. original quarter morocco paper boards fore-edges uncut rubbed small blind library stamp on title-page and some other leaves no 53 of sixty-nine copies of this posthumously published work which was prepared for publication by Lord Crawfurd. (3).

Maitland Sir Richard. The genealogy of the House of Setoun with the Chronicle of the House of Setoun compiled in metre by John Kamington alias Peter Mayne. Edinburgh: n.p. 1830. First edition 4to. engraved frontispiece engraved table and 2 engraved plates later quarter calf cloth boards fore-edges uncut offsetting from the plates. Note: Ferguson p. 160. Bound in at the end are an engraved view of the Chapel a pencil sketch of the exterior of the Chapel dated 1824 a pen and ink drawing of a tomb in the Chapel dated 1833 a pen and pencil drawing of another tomb dated 1833 and a pencil sketch of the chapel as viewed from the garden of Seton Castle dated 1827. There is a small engraving of Cockenzie Harbour mounted at the end of the index and the volume concludes with a copy of An act for expediting the sale of the estates in Scotland belonging to the York-Buildings Company for the relief of their creditors 1777.

Maule The Hon. Harry of Kelly. Registrum of Panmure: records of the families of Maule De Valoniis Brechin and Brechin-Barclay united in the line of the Barons and Earls of Panmure; compiled by the Hon. Harry Maule of Kelly. A.D. 1733 edited by John Stuart. Edinburgh: n.p. 1874. First edition 2 volumes 4to. engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 woodcut illustrated in the text 35 engraved plates (including several chromo litho) original red cloth gilt over bevelled boards t.e.g. covers faded in patches a little wear at heads and tails. (2). Note: Ferguson p. 127. No 60 of 150 copies printed for private distribution by Fox Maule-Ramsay 11th Earl of Dalhousie and signed by the editor. Provenance: With the armorial book-plate of Sir John Ogilvy of Inverquharity.

Melville Henry Dundas Viscount. The trial before the Right Honourable the House of Peers in Westminster Hall in full parliament for high crimes and misdemeanors upon an impeachment published by order of the House of Peers. London: Joseph Gurney & William Brodie Gurney 1806. First edition folio contemporary half calf marbled boards. Provenance: With the armorial book-plate of the Earl of Ducie and lettered "Ducie" at the foot of the spine.

Montfaucon Dom Bernard de OSB. L'antiquité expliquée et représentee en figures. Paris: Florentine Dealune [et al.] 1719. First edition 5 volumes in 10 folio (440 x 285 mm.) title-pages in red and black with 977 (of 998) engraved plates (including the engraved portrait plate of the dedicatee) of which 140 are double page with engraved vignettes as head-pieces contemporary mottled calf gilt central panel and broad gilt tooled boarders over a green background later rebacking some small patches of scuffing occasional leaves a little discoloured and splits in two or three margins (no loss) tear in plate 200 of volume 5 part 2 (no loss) otherwise a fine copy on large paper. (10). Note: Brunet III 861-1862; Cohen-De Ricci 731-732; Lipperheide 104; RIBA Catalogue 3 pp. 1170-1172 for the English edition. "Montfaucon intuitively saw what benefit might accrue to history from the study of figured monuments and if he was not the creator of archaeology he was at least the first to show what advantages might be derived from it In 1719 he published "L'Antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures" (10 volumes folio Paris) in which he reproduces methodically grouped all the ancient monuments that might be of use in the study of religion domestic customs material life military institutions and funeral rites of the ancients." (Catholic Encyclopaedia) The work was hugely successful and promptly ran to a second edition to which was added a supplement of five volumes. It was promptly translated into English. "Robert Adam owned a copy of the French edition and many have seen influences of Montfaucon's plates in some of Adam's Gothic designs." (RIBA Cat.). Provenance: With the armorial book-plate of George Forbes third Earl of Grannard (1685-1765).

Moule Thomas. Bibliotheca heraldica Magnae Britanniae: an analytical catalogue of books on genealogy heraldry nobility knighthood & ceremonies and a Supplement enumerating the principal foreign genealogical works. London: Lackington etc. 1822. First edition 8vo. engraved portrait frontispiece headpieces contemporary half calf marbled boards prelims. detached.

Nicolas Nicholas Harris. The Siege of Carlaverock in the XXVIII Edward I. A.D. MCC; with the arms of the earls barons and knights who were present on the occasion; with a translation a history of the castle and memoirs of the personages commemorated by the poet. London: J.B. Nichols 1828. First edition 4to. engraved frontispiece illustrated modern half calf marbled boards some leaves lightly discoloured and with some damp spotting with the armorial book-plate of Sir Henry Earle.

Nisbet Alexander. An essay on the ancient and modern use of armories. Edinburgh: William Adams 1718. First edition 4to. 7 engraved plates of arms modern quarter morocco marbled boards slight paper discolouration throughout. Note: Moule 436. Provenance: Loosely inserted is an autograph letter from Andrew Ross Bute Pursuivant Marchmont Herald and later Ross Herald.

Nisbet Alexander. A system of heraldry speculative and practical with the true art of blazon. Edinburgh: J. MackEuen 1722 [volume 2 by R. Fleming 1742]. First edition 2 volumes folio title-pages in red and black 45 engraved armorial plates modern half calf cloth boards endpapers renewed some marginal annotations in a contemporary hand tears to the margins of p. 140 in volume 1 and p. 219 in volume 2 neither with loss of text. Note: Moule 464. The second volume issued in 1742 by the Edinburgh printer R. Fleming contains only mutilated extracts from Nisbet's manuscripts. According to Professor Walker (Legal history of Scotland volume 5 p. 27) it is "still an authoritative work.".

Woodward John. A treatise on ecclesiastical heraldry. Edinburgh: Johnston 1894. First edition 36 plates of arms (mostly coloured) contemporary half green morocco cloth boards t.e.g. extremities a little rubbed and two others (3).

Buchan John. Sir Quixote of the Moors. London: T. Fisher Unwin 1895. First edition of author's first book 8vo publisher's ornamental device on first leaf 4 pp. advertisements original decorative red yellow green and black cloth spine discoloured corners bumped head and foot of backstrip chipped fading to lower board foxing.

Peerage Baronetage etc. Various works on the peerage baronetage etc. to include: Lawrence Sir James. The nobility of the British gentry or the political ranks and dignities of the British Empire. Paris: Galignani 1828. third edition 12mo. contemporary calf title-page slightly spotted; Thoms William J. The book of the court; exhibiting the history duties and privileges of the several ranks of the English nobility and gentry. London: Bohn 1844. second edition 8vo. original red cloth wear at head and tail; Burke J. B. Extinct and dormant baronetcies of England. London: Scott Webster & Geary 1838. First edition 8vo. illustrated gilt and hand coloured title-page original cloth spine faded; Burke J.B. Dormant abeyant forfeited and extinct peerages of the British Empire. London: Burke's Peerage 1962. 8vo. original cloth a reprint of the edition of 1883; Moule Thomas. Heraldry of fish: notices of the principal families bearing fish in their arms. London: Van Voorst 1843. First edition 8vo. illustrated original cloth edges a little stained; Perkins Jocelyn. The Most Honourable Order of the Bath. First edition 8vo. frontispiece plates publisher's cloth t.e.g.; Wagner Anthony Richard. English genealogy. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1960. 8vo. publisher's cloth dustwrappers and 8 others (15).

Peerage Cases. Works dealing with or productions in various peerage claims including: Fraser Sir William. A century of Romance of the Annandale peerages. [Edinburgh]: n.p. 1894. 4to. original cloth t.e.g.; Hamilton James Marquis of Abercorn. Consultation pour James Hamilton Marquis d'Abercorn contre Le Duc d'Hamilton maintien et confirmation du titre hereditaire de Duc de Chatellerault concede a James Hamilton par Henri II Roi de France en 1548. Paris: Dumaine 1865 4to. half calf marbled boards spine worn; Bute John Patrick Crichton Stuart Marquis of. Report of the hearing of appeals relative to the guardianship of the Marquis of Bute. 4to. original cloth; Napier Mark. History of the partition of Lennox. Edinburgh: Blackwood 1835. First edition 8vo. original cloth printed paper label fore-edges uncut; Campbell John Earl of Aberdeen. In the House of Lords case of John Campbell Earl of Aberdeen claiming the writ of summons to Parliament as Viscount Gordon of Aberdeen in the peerage of the United Kingdom. 1872. Folio original half calf marbled boards outer joints weak; Collection of cases before the Committee Privileges of the House of Lords relative to the general election of representatives of the Peerage of Scotland 24 July 1790. 7 parts in 1 volume folio later half calf marbled boards and 4 others. (10).

Peerage cases - Airth Peerage. Airth papers [bound with] In the House of Lords case of Robert Barclay Allardice of Urie and Allardice claiming the title and dignity of Earl of Airth [with appendices and minutes of evidence]. Edinburgh: [n.p. 1838 etc.] Folio with 2 folding genealogical tables and engraved table the first work an 8vo. inlaid full red morocco the borders elaborately tooled with a dentelle design made up of scroll and floral tools the spine decorated gilt in compartments inner gilt dentelles a little faded extremities rubbed tears in the folding tables (but no loss) with the ownership inscription of John Riddell on the title; Nicholas Sir Harris. History of the Earldoms of Strathern Monteith and Airth with a report of the proceedings before the House of Lords on claim of Robert Barclay Allardice Esq. to the Earldom of Airth. London: Pickering 1842. First edition 8vo. contemporary polished calf gilt borders a.e.g. spine rubbed wear at head and tail. (2). Note: Ferguson p. 2.

Peerage cases - Breadalbane Peerage. Case of the appellant Charles William Campbell claiming to be 6th Earl of Breadalbane and case of the respondent John Alexander Gavin Campbell also claiming to be Earl of Breadalbane with the joint appendix. 2 volumes 4to. modern cloth leather labels; Sinclair Alexander. Statement of the Breadalbane case. Glasgow; Archibald Sinclair 1866. First edition printed paper wrappers. (3). Note: Ferguson pp. 14 & 15.