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).
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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.".
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.
Peerage cases - Sutherland Peerage. Gordon Sir Robert. A genealogical history of the Earldom of Sutherland from its origin to the year 1630 with a continuation to the year 1651 Edinburgh: Constable 1813. First edition folio engraved portrait frontispiece large engraved vignette on the title-page engraved armorial and facsimile plates with the directions to the binder slip at the end contemporary diced calf gilt borders upper cover detached last few leaves spotted with the signature of Thomas Robert 11th Earl of Kinnoull Lord Lyon King of Arms; [Dalrymple David Lord Hailes]. The additional case of Elizabeth claiming the title and dignity of Countess of Sutherland by her guardians. Edinburgh [1769?]. 4to. folding pedigree contemporary half calf marbled boards; Maidment James. Reports of claims referred to the House of Lords in the cases of the Cassilis Sutherland Spynie and Glencairn peerages. Edinburgh: [n.p.] 1840. First edition 8vo. folding pedigree contemporary full red morocco a.e.g. (3). Note: Ferguson pp 178-9.
Prestwich Sir James. Prestwich's respublica: or a display of the honours ceremonies & ensigns of the Common-Wealth under the Protectorship of Oliver Cromwell together with the names armorial bearings flags & pennons of the different commanders of the English Scotch Irish Americans & French and An alphabetical roll of the names and armorial bearings of upwards of three hundred families of the present nobility & gentry of England Scotland Ireland &c. London: Nichols 1787. First edition 4to. engraved title-page engraved plate of standards MS index added at the end modern half calf marbled boards title-page slightly discoloured offsetting from the plate of standards. Note: Moule 674. The second volume referred to at the end of the work was not issued.
Riddell John. Various works by the distinguished authority on Scottish peerage law James Riddell (1785 - 1862) including: The Salt-foot controversy with a reply and some remarks on the present state of the Lyon Office. [Edinburgh n.p. 1818]. First edition in book form 8vo. original paper boards printed paper labels Riddell's first published book and one of a hundred copies; Vindication of the "Clanronalld of Glengary" against attacks made upon them in the Inverness Journal. Edinburgh: Tait 1821. First edition engraved title-page folding table modern cloth fore-edges uncut; Remarks upon Scotch peerage law as connected with certain points in the late case of the Earldom of Devon. Edinburgh: Clark 1833. First edition 8vo. contemporary blind and gilt tooled calf with the armorial book-plate of the Rt. Hon. Lord Gray; Tracts legal and historical with other antiquarian matter chiefly relative to Scotland. Edinburgh: Clark 1835. First edition 8vo. modern cloth inscribed from the author to Lord Lindsay on the title-page; Inquiry into the law and practice in Scottish peerages before and after the Union. Edinburgh: Clark 1842. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. original cloth; Abstract of the case of James Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. etc. claiming the original Dukedom of Montrose created in 1488. London: Clowes 1850. 8vo. folding tables half calf marbled boards; Comments in refutation of pretensions advanced for the first time and statements in a recent work "The Stirlings of Keir and their family papers." Edinburgh: Blackwood 1960. First edition 4to. original cloth printed paper label covers a little stained limited to 300 copies "for private circulation among members and friends of the Drumpellier Family and some Public Libraries"; The Riddell papers: a catalogue of the annotated books & manuscripts of the late John Riddell. Edinburgh: n.p. 1863. First edition 12mo. original photographic portrait of Riddell mounted at the front modern green buckram one of fifty copies for private circulation. A pencilled note at the front attributes the compilation to James Maidment. (9). Note: Riddell " loved genealogical research for its own sake and Sir Walter Scott who alludes in the ‘Lay of the Last Minstrel’ (canto i.) to ‘Ancient Riddell's fair domain’ described him as the only man from whose exclusive store of learning could be gathered an adequate notion of the state of society in Scotland in the age preceding the Reformation.".
Scottish Heraldry. Various works on Scottish heraldry to include: Seton George. Heraldry in Scotland. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas 1863. First edition 8vo. original cloth inner joints cracked; Innes Sir Thomas of Learney. Scots heraldry. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1934. First edition 8vo. illustrated plates original cloth; Paul James Balfour. An ordinary of arms. Edinburgh: Green 1893. First edition 8vo. original quarter roan cloth boards t.e.g. wear at head and tail; Balfour Sir James. Ancient heraldic and antiquarian tracts. Edinburgh: Stevenson 1837. First edition 12mo. later cloth; Paul James Balfour. Heraldry in relation to Scottish history and art. Edinburgh: Douglas 1900. First edition 8vo. illustrated plates original cloth t.e.g. others uncut; Bute John Marquess MacPhail J.R.M. & Lonsdale W.W. The arms of the royal and parliamentary burghs of Scotland. Edinburgh: Blackwood 1897. First edition 4to. illustrated original ivory cloth over bevelled boards inner joints cracking with some pages loose one of 325 copies; Memorial catalogue heraldic exhibition Edinburgh 1891. Edinburgh: Constable 1892. First edition 4to. plates (including some coloured) original quarter morocco cloth boards t.e.g. others uncut no 79 of 250 copies and 10 others (17).
Scottish Peerage. Various works relating to the Peerage of Scotland including: Borthwick William. An inquiry into the origin and limitations of the feudal dignities of Scotland. Edinburgh: Gordon 1775. First edition 8vo. later paper boards spine worn; Robertson William. Proceedings relating to the peerage of Scotland from January 16 1707 to April 29 1788. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute 1790. First edition 4to. buckram printed paper label fore-edges uncut inner joints cracking; Carmichael James. Various tracts concerning the peerage of Scotland. Edinburgh: Watson Elder 1791. First edition 4to. half roan paper boards rubbed; Sinclair Alexander. Dissertation upon "heirs male" when used as a clause of remainder in grants of Scotch peerages with some incidental discussions. Edinburgh: Blackwood 1837. First edition 8vo. paper wrappers; Hewlett William Oxenham. Notes on dignities in the peerage of Scotland which are dormant or which have been forfeited. London: Wildy 1882. First edition 8vo. original quarter morocco cloth boards upper inner joint broken; Massue de Ruvigny Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de la Caillemotte de Marquis de Ruvigny and Raineval. The Jacobite peerage baronetage knightage and grants of honour. Edinburgh: Jack 1904. First edition 4to. publisher's buckram t.e.g. others uncut dusty; Bute John Marquess of. Scottish coronations. Paisley: Alexander Gardner 1902. First edition 8vo. original cloth fore-edges uncut and 3 others. (10).
Scottish Family History. Works on Scottish family history to include: Abercromby C.D. The family of Abercromby. Aberdeen 1927. First edition 4to. frontispiece plates folding table original cloth over bevelled boards spine and covers faded loosely inserted AL. from the author; Agnew Sir Andrew. The hereditary sheriffs of Galloway. Edinburgh 1893. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. frontispiece to each volume plates original cloth; Omond G.W.T. The Arniston memoirs. Edinburgh 1887. First edition frontispiece illustrated plates original cloth t.e.g.; Morison Alexander. The Blackhalls of that Ilk and Barra. Aberdeen the Spalding Club 1905. First edition 4to. frontispiece original cloth no 138 of 500 copies; Cadenhead George. The family of Cadenhead. Aberdeen 1887. First edition 8vo. original quarter roan no 11 of 125 copies; Cassillis Earl of. The rulers of Strathspey: a history of the lairds of Grant and earls of Seafield. Inverness 1911. First edition 8vo. frontispiece plates original cloth; Innes C. The Book of the Thanes of Cawdor. Edinburgh: Spalding Club 1859. First edition 4to. frontispiece folding tables original cloth a little wear at head; Dundas M.I. Dundas of Fingask. Edinburgh 1891. First edition 8vo. facsimile plate original cloth a little rubbed; one of a hundred copies; Fletchers of Saltoun. Recollections respecting the family of the Fletchers of Salton [sic]. Edinburgh 1803. First edition 4to. original wrappers; Lumsden M. Genealogy of the family of Forbes written in 1580. Inverness 1819. First edition 8vo. interleaved the blanks filled with copious notes list of subscribers at the end modern half calf marbled boards; Wimberley Douglas. Memorials of the family of Gordon of Lesmoir. Inverness 1893. First edition small folio frontispiece plates original paper wrappers uncut and unopened; Gordon William. The history of the ancient noble and illustrious family of Gordon. Edinburgh 1726. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. modern half calf marbled boards edges to both titles and other leaves frayed paper discoloured and water stained. (14).
Scottish Family History. Works on Scottish family history to include: MacDonell Josephine. An historical record of the branch of "Clann Domhnuill" called the MacDonells of Keppoch and Gargavach. Glasgow 1931. First edition 8vo. publisher's cloth; MacFarlane Walter. Genealogical collections concerning families in Scotland (Scottish History Society 33 & 34). Edinburgh 1900. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. original cloth; Mackay Angus. The book of Mackay. Edinburgh 1906. First edition 4to. portrait frontispiece plates original cloth spine faded no 116 of 500 signed by the author; MacLeod Revd. Canon R.C. The Book of Dunvegan. Aberdeen: for the Third Spalding Club 1938-39. First edition 2 volumes 4to. frontispiece to each volume plates folding plan original cloth; MacLeod Revd. Canon R.C. The MacLeods of Dunvegan. [Edinburgh] 1927. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original cloth; Grimble Ian. Chief of Mackay. London 1965. First edition 8vo. coloured frontispiece plates publisher's cloth; Mitchie Revd. J.G. The records of Invercauld MDXLVII-MDCCCXXVIII. Aberdeen: New Spalding Club 1901. First edition 4to. frontispiece plates original cloth no 124 of 525; Stirling T.W. The Stirlings of Cadder. St. Andrews 1933. First edition 4to. 2 folding pedigrees original cloth; Somerville James. The baronial house of Somerville. Glasgow 1920. First edition 8vo. frontispiece plates original cloth fore-edges uncut rubbed at head and tail; [Johnston Alexander]. A short memoir of James Young merchant burgess of Aberdeen. Aberdeen 1860. First edition 4to. portrait frontispiece facsimile original half roan marbled boards title-page stained and with frayed margins as are other leaves; [Johnston William]. A genealogical account of the descendants of James Young merchant burgess of Aberdeen. Aberdeen 1894. First edition 4to. original cloth over bevelled boards head and tail rubbed no 110 of 125 copies; Maxtone Graham E. The Oliphants of Gask: records of a Jacobite family. London 1910. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original cloth t.e.g. others uncut fore-edges spotted; Tayler A. & Tayler H. The domestic papers of the Rose family. Aberdeen 1926. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original cloth; Swinton A.C. The Swintons of that Ilk and their cadets. Edinburgh 1883. First edition 4to. plates (including folding facsimiles) quarter morocco cloth boards with marginal annotations copied from an annotated copy by Captain George Swinton Lord Lyon King of Arms in the library of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland one of 150 copies. (16).
Selden John. Titles of honor. London: by William Stansby for Richard Whitakers 1631. second edition folio title-page in red and black woodcut illustrations in the text contemporary sprinkled calf a little war at head and tail slight spotting on the title-page. . Note: Moule 131; STC 22178. First published in 1614 after his call to the Bar this second enlarged edition begins with a eulogy by Ben Jonson. "In the first part he deals with the titles and dignities of emperors kings and other rulers beginning with the inquiry whether there were kings before the flood. In the second part he deals with inferior titles commencing with those of heirs-apparent to thrones; and finally discusses feminine titles honorary attributes such as ‘clarissimus’ and ‘illustris’ and the laws of precedence." (DNB). It established itself as an indispensable classic in the field.
Seton Sir George. A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries. Edinburgh: privately printed by T. and A. Constable 1896. First edition 2 volumes 4to. with an engraved frontispiece mounted on india paper to each volume illustrated (including numerous hand coloured coats of arms mounted on india paper) 26 engraved plates mounted on india paper original green cloth rebacked t.e.g. others uncut occasional slight spotting and offsetting. (2). Note: Ferguson p. 160. No 6 of 12 on large paper from an edition of 212.
Somerville James Baron. Memorie of the Somervilles: being a history of the baronial House of Somerville. Edinburgh: Constable 1815. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume 9 engraved plates folding genealogical table at the end of volume 2 without the directions to the binder in volume 1 and the errata and directions in volume 2 contemporary light blue straight grain morocco decorated in gilt and blind spines decorated gilt in compartments a.e.g. light spotting of the plates. (2). Note: Ferguson p. 165; Todd Bowden 93A. Edited by Sir Walter Scott. "[This is] one of the most curious pieces of family history ever produced to the world on which he [Scott] laboured with more than usual zeal and diligence from his warm affection for the noble representation of its author." (Lockhart V.14). Provenance: With the armorial book-plates of John Borthwick of Crookston.
Scottish Family History. Works on Scottish family history to include: Wimberely D. A short account of the family of Irvine of Drum. Inverness 1893. First edition 4to. frontispiece 3 folding pedigrees original wrappers; Roe Hugh. A genealogical deduction of the family of Rose of Kilravock. Edinburgh: Spalding Club 1848. First edition 4to. frontispiece plates original cloth; Leslie Charles. Historical records of the family of Leslie from 1067 to 1868-9. Edinburgh 1869. First edition 3 volumes largely uncut and unopened; Lindsay Lord. Lives of the Lindsays or a memoir of the houses of Crawford and Balcarres. London 1839. First edition 3 volumes folding tables and facsimiles original blind stamped cloth; Vincent John. The Crawford papers edited by John Vincent. Manchester 1984. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece publisher's cloth; Crawford Lord. The Earldom of Mar. Edinburgh 1882. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. original cloth; Warrender Margaret. Marchmont and the Humes of Polwarth. Edinburgh: Blackwood 1894. First edition 8vo. coloured frontispiece plates original cloth inner joints cracking; Mackenzie Alexander. History of the Mathesons. Stirling 1900. second edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece later pigskin fore-edges uncut; one of 450 copies on ordinary paper; Menzies D.P. The "Red and White" Book of Menzies. Glasgow 1894. First edition 4to. portrait frontispiece plates original cloth slightly stained frontispiece loose; Seton George. The House of Moncrieff. Edinburgh 1890. First edition 4to. coloured frontispiece coloured illustrated of arms in the text original red cloth t.e.g. foot of spine damaged. (15).
Stevenson John Horne & Wood Marguerite. Scottish heraldic seals royal official ecclesiastical collegiate burghal personal. Volume 1 Public seals [Volumes 2 & 3 Personal seals]. Glasgow: Maclehose 1940. First edition 3 volumes folio half green morocco cloth edges rubbed inner joints of volume 2 cracking bound from proof sheets with the printers stamp on p. 609 on volume 3 and a number of proof corrections; MacDonald William Rae. Scottish armorial seals. Edinburgh: Green 1904. First edition 8vo. plates original cloth; Birch Walter de Gray. History of Scottish seals from the eleventh to the seventeenth century. Stirling: Eneas MacKay 1905-07. First edition 2 volumes 4to. plates original cloth; Porteous Alexander. The town council seals of Scotland historical legendary and heraldic. Edinburgh: Johnston 1906. First edition illustrated with errata leaf original cloth. (6).
Stevenson John Horne. Heraldry in Scotland. Glasgow: Maclehose 1914. First edition 2 volumes 4to. illustrated plates (including some coloured) original quarter vellum cloth boards t.e.g. others uncut no 158 of 210; Paul Sir James Balfour. An ordinary of arms [with] Volume II An ordinary of arms contained in the Public Register of all Arms and Bearings in Scotland 1902-1973 compiled in Lyon Office. Edinburgh: Green 1903 [Volume II Edinburgh: Lyon Office 1977]. second edition of volume I. First edition of volume II publisher's cloth volume II with dustwrapper. (4).
Scots Acts. Laws and acts of Parliament made by King James the First and his Royal Successors Kings and Queens of Scotland [with] The acts made in the first parliament of Charles the First [to the third parliament of Charles the Second] [with] The laws and acts made in the first parliament of James VII [to Queen Anne's first parliament]. Edinburgh 1682-1731 12mo later half calf brown labels rubbed ink inscription to title of volume 3 (3).
Scotland. Statutes. Laws and acts of Parliament made by King James the First and his Royal Successors Kings and Queen of Scotland collected by Sir Thomas Murray of Glendook. [with] The acts made in the first Parliament of Charles the First [to the third Parliament of Charles the Second]. [with] An index or abridgement of the acts of Parliament made by King James I [to Charles II]. [with] The laws and acts made in the first Parliament of James VII [to Queen Anne's first Parliament]. Edinburgh: various publishers 1682-1731. 4 volumes in 3 12mo. 18th century calf red morocco lettering pieces slight wear to heads and tails some discolouration in volume 3. (3). Note: Wing S 1266 & 1246; 5 S&M p.116.
Buchan John. Scholar Gipsies. London: John Lane 1896. First edition 8vo inscribed and dated by author on front endpaper engraved title and six etchings by DY Cameron pp. 16 publisher's adverts at rear publishers decorative cloth gilt corners bumped head of spine torn chipped at foot lower board stained some foxing to title and frontispiece; John Burnet of Barns. London: John Lane 1898. First edition 8vo pp. 12 publisher's adverts at rear original decorative green cloth corners bumped backstrip discoloured repairs to lower section of backstrip chipped at head and foot publisher's adverts foxed; Buchan John Document signed medical form dated Jan 16 1923 approx size 7cm by 10cm; Buchan Susan Autograph letter signed addressed to Miss Waring 8vo no date regarding her visit to Oxford previous fold (4).
Buchan John. Homilies and recreations. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1926 8vo number 98 of 200 large paper copies signed by the author original quarter cloth black label gilt glassine wrapper head and foot of spine bumped head of upper board discoloured wrapper chipped and torn uncut; Castle Gay. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1930. First edition 8vo inscribed and dated by author on front endpaper original green cloth dustwrapper absent some foxing to edges and 11 other works by Buchan (13).
Burns Robert. The works with an account of his life and a criticism of his writings to which are prefixed some observations on the character and condition of the Scottish peasantry by James Currie to which are added many other additions by Gilbert Burns. [with] Reliques of Robert Burns collected and published by R.H. Cromek. [with] Life of Robert Burns by J.G. Lockhart. London: Cadell & Davies 1820; the second work London: Cadell & Davies 1817. The third Edinburgh: Constable 1828. 8th edition of the works 4th edition of the Reliques and first edition of Lockhart's Life together 6 volumes engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 folding facsimile as a frontispiece to volume 2 vignette portrait of Burns mounted on india paper at the head of chapter 1 of the Life uniformly bound in contemporary light tan calf spines decorated gilt in compartments by Cars of Glasgow some patches of light foxing. (6). Note: Egerer 242 202 & 315.
Callander John. Two ancient Scottish poems the Gaberlunzie-man and Christ's kirk on the green. Edinburgh 1782 8vo full marbled calf gilt red label hinges cracked corners bumped some foxing bookplate of Robert Maxtone Graham; Bloomfield Robert Rural tales ballads and songs. London 1802. First edition 8vo half title portrait frontispiece woodcut illustrations contemporary half calf rubbed at extremities some foxing leaf C torn C2 repaired C4 torn; Macneill Hector The poetical works London 1801 2 volumes 8vo 9 engraved plates full calf gilt rubbed (4).
Drummond William. The Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden. Edinburgh: James Watson 1711. First collected edition 2 parts in one volume folio 2 engraved portraits small holes in I2 affecting two words later half calf uncut some spotting worn; Macpherson James Fingal an ancient epic poem. [n.p] 1762 4to contemporary calf worn text-block split; Temora. [n.p.] 1763. First editions 4to 2 copies contemporary calf worn one with covers detached titles slightly soiled or discoloured; The Poems of Ossian in original Gaelic. [n.p.] 1807 8vo 3 volumes translated into Latin by R. MacFarlan large paper copy engraved plates and map contemporary calf worn; Pinkerton John The History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary. London: C. Dilly 1797. First edition 2 volumes 4to engraved portrait frontispiece modern brown half morocco spines gilt (9). Note: Most copies have a single frontispiece portrait but a few appear to have a further 5 portraits. The present copy has two different engraved portraits of Drummond.
[Scott Sir Walter & Sharpe Charles Kirkpatrick]. [ Richmond Rev L.] The Dairyman's daughter an authenitc and interesting narrative in five parts. London c. 1815 8vo each part pp. 8 woodcut illustration on title of each part original paper covers creasing inserted slip at front inscribed Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe Esq. in the hand of Sir Walter Scott ink inscription on first title page in the hand of Kirkpatrick Sharpe. Note: Kirkpatrick Sharpe was a lifelong friend of Sir Walter Scott. He contributed two ballads to the second volume Scott's "Border Minstrelsy" and produced frequent illustrations for the Bannatyne Club.
Scott Sir Walter. Tales of a Grandfather. Edinburgh: Cadell & Co 1828-1831 12mo 12 volumes first to third series stories from a history of Scotland volumes 10-12 stories from a history of France engraved frontispieces vignettes on all titles first and third series quarter green morocco gilt rubbed second series and France quarter black morocco gilt rubbed foxing; and two further sets of the first series (18).
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