Sothebys: Rare and interesting Scottish Books And a few manuscripts together with smaller collections of books on various subjects including early Protestant theology, both English and Continental, Chapbooks, Hebrew, Topography, and other subjects. The Property of The Free Church College, Edinburgh The Property of The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Kintore The Property of the late William Harvey, F.S.A. Scot.The Property of the late Professor William J. Smith, M.C., F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. The Property of The Hornel Trust The Prope, SKIP,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 28, 1979 - September 28, 1979
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aberdeen Ecclesiastical Society Publications | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 12.00 | |||
| 2 | Aiton (W.) | A History of the Rencounter at Drumclog and Battle at Bothwell Bridge | Hamilton | 1821 |
GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 12.00 |
| 3 | Anderson (A. O.) | Early Sources of Scottish History | Edinburgh | 1922 |
GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | 120.00 |
| 4 | Anderson (J.) | Selectus Diplomatum & Numismatum Scotiae Thesaurus ed. Ruddiman | Edinburgh | 1739 |
GBP 10.00 - 20.00 | 42.00 |
| 5 | Anstruther (Sir William) | Essays | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | 40.00 | ||
| 6 | Arnot (Hugo) | The History of Edinburgh | Edinburgh | 1779 |
GBP 40.00 - 70.00 | 15.00 |
| 7 | Atkinson (S.) | The Discoverie and Historie of the Gold Mynes in Scotland | Edinburgh | 1825 |
GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | 125.00 |
| 8 | Barclay (George, of Kilwinning) | Letters on Christian Baptism | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | 55.00 | ||
| 9 | Beattie (W.) | Scotland illustrated | 1838 |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 110.00 | |
| 10 | Bible | Edinburgh | 1770 |
GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | 190.00 | |
| 11 | Bower (A.) | The Edinburgh Student's Guide | Edinburgh | 1822 |
GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | 130.00 |
| 12 | Bruce (John) | First Principles of Philosophy | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | 100.00 | ||
| 13 | (Byron (G.) | The Corsair | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 12.00 | ||
| 14 | Calderwood (D.) | The History of the Kirk of Scotland | GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | 85.00 | ||
| 15 | Campbell (Hugh) | The Wanderer in Ayrshire (a Poem) | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | 75.00 | ||
| 16 | A Cloud of Witness for the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ | Glasgow | 1769 |
GBP 10.00 - 20.00 | 20.00 | |
| 17 | C(olvill) (S.) | The Grand Impostor discovered | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 110.00 | ||
| 18 | Cunningham (Allan) | Sir Marmaduke Maxwell | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 150.00 | ||
| 19 | Dawson (J. H.) | An abridged statistical History of Scotland | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 45.00 | ||
| 20 | Duncan (William) | Natural Philosophy | Aberdeen | 1813 |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 105.00 |
| 21 | The Edinburgh Advertiser | Edinburgh | 1768 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 32.00 | |
| 22 | The Edinburgh Almanack | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | 85.00 | |||
| 23 | The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia ed. Sir David Brewster | Edinburgh | 1830 |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 260.00 | |
| 24 | The Edinburgh Review | Edinburgh | 1803-25 |
GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | 30.00 | |
| 25 | Erskine (J.) | Considerations on the Spirit of Popery | Edinburgh | 1778 |
GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 65.00 |
| 26 | Forbes (William) | A Treatise of Church-Lands & Tithes | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 115.00 | ||
| 27 | (Forsyth (R.)) | The Beauties of Scotland | Edinburgh | 1805-08 |
GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | 65.00 |
| 28 | Galt (John) | The Autobiography | 1833 |
GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | 120.00 | |
| 29 | Garnett (T.) | Observations on a Tour through the Highland and Part of the Western Isles | 1800 |
GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | 45.00 | |
| 30 | (Gillespie (George)) | A Dispute against the English-Popish Ceremonies obtruded upon the Church of Scotland | Leiden | 1637 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 40.00 |
| 31 | A historical Account of His Majesty's Visit to Scotland | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 50.00 | |||
| 32 | Holcroft (Thomas) | Travels from Hamburgh through Westpahlia | Glasgow | 1804 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 50.00 |
| 33 | Jameson (R.) | Mineralogy of the Scottish Isles | Edinburgh | 1800 |
GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | 140.00 |
| 34 | Jameson (R.) | A Mineralogical Description of the County of Dumfries | Edinburgh | 1805 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 48.00 |
| 35 | Jones & Co. | 1830-31 |
GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | 38.00 | ||
| 36 | Keith (George) | The Way Cast up | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 40.00 | ||
| 37 | Leighton (J. M.) | The Lakes of Scotland | Glasgow | 1834 |
GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | 35.00 |
| 38 | The Lockhart Papers | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 55.00 | |||
| 39 | Mackay (Robert) | History of the House and Clan of Mackay | Edinburgh | 1829 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 65.00 |
| 40 | Mackenzie (Sir George) | Works | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 115.00 | ||
| 41 | The Maitland Club | Glasgow & Edinburgh | 1829-59 |
GBP 600.00 - 1,200.00 | 760.00 | |
| 42 | Millar (James) | Elements of Chemistry | Edinburgh | 1820 |
GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | 115.00 |
| 43 | Millar (Robert) | The History of the Propagation of Christianity | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 25.00 | ||
| 44 | The new Statistical Account of Scotland | Edinburgh | 1845 |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | 260.00 | |
| 45 | Papers respecting the Slave Trade | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | 75.00 | |||
| 46 | Penney (John) | A topographical and historical Account of Linlithgowshire | Edinburgh | 1831 |
GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 28.00 |
| 47 | Pope (A.) | Poetical Works | Glasgow | 1768-71 |
GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | 480.00 |
| 48 | The Principall Acts of the solemne Generall Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 42.00 | |||
| 49 | Ramsay {Chevalier A. M.) | The philosophical Principles of natural and revealed Religion | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 48.00 | ||
| 50 | The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland | Edinburgh | 1877-1933 |
GBP 150.00 - 300.00 | 380.00 | |
| 51 | Reid (T.) | Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind | Edinburgh | 1812 |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 100.00 |
| 52 | The Royal Scottish Minstrelsy | Leith | 1824 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 32.00 | |
| 53 | Rush (Benjamin) | Dissertatio Physica inauguralis de Coctione Ciborum in Venticulo | Edinburgh | 1768 |
GBP 150.00 - 300.00 | 380.00 |
| 54 | (Sandy (George)) | Catalogue of the Library of the Writers to His Majesty's Signet | Edinburgh | 1805 |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 200.00 |
| 55 | Scott (H.) | Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae | Edinburgh | 1915-50 |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 85.00 |
| 56 | Scott (Sir Walter) | Ivanhoe | Edinburgh | 1820 |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 35.00 |
| 57 | Scott (Sir Walter) | Halidon Hill | Edinburgh | 1822 |
GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | 22.00 |
| 58 | Scottish History Society Publications | Edinburgh | 1888-1911 |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | 220.00 | |
| 59 | The Scottish Record Society Publications | Edinburgh | 1897-1891 |
GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | 65.00 | |
| 60 | Selkirk (Earl of) | Observations on the present State of the Highlands of Scotland | Edinburgh | 1827 |
GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | 90.00 |
| 61 | Shepherd (T. H.) | Modern Athens! | 1829 |
GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 42.00 | |
| 62 | Sinclair (Sir John) | The Statistical Account of Scotland | Edinburgh | 1791-99 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 400.00 |
| 63 | Sinclair (J. D.) | An Autumn in Italy | Edinburgh | 1829 |
GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | 65.00 |
| 64 | (Steuart (W.)) | (Steuart (W.)) | GBP 60.00 - 90.00 | 55.00 | ||
| 65 | Stewart (D.) | The Covenanters of Teviotdale | USD 30.00 - 40.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 66 | Stoddart (J.) | Remarks on Local Scenery & Manners in Scotland | 1801 |
GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | 60.00 | |
| 67 | A Survey of the Province of Moray | Aberdeen | 1798 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 42.00 | |
| 68 | Waugh (John S.) | Dissertations on the Prosphecies of Sacred Scripture | 1833 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 12.00 | |
| 69 | Wilson (John) | General View of the Agriculture of Renfrewshire | Stirling | 1812 |
GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | 70.00 |
| 70 | Arcambeau (E.) | The Book of Bridges | 1911 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 75.00 | |
| 71 | Brydall (R.) | Art in Scotland | Edinburgh | 1889 |
GBP 10.00 - 20.00 | 45.00 |
| 72 | Collie (James) | The Royal Palace of Linlithgow illustrated | (c. 1840) |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 22.00 | |
| 73 | Hussey (C.) | The Work of Sir Robert Lorimer | Edinburgh | 1851-52 |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | 60.00 |
| 74 | Kennedy (Q.) | Ane Oratioune in Favouris | 1561 |
GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | 60.00 | |
| 75 | King (Jessie M.) | Kirkcudbright | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 20.00 | ||
| 76 | Macgeorge (A.) | Old Glasgow | Glasgow | 1880 |
GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | 45.00 |
| 77 | M'Lellan (A.) | Essay on the Cathedral Church of Glasgow | Glasgow | 1833 |
GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | 28.00 |
| 78 | Macleod (R.) | Charles Rennie Mackintosh | GBP 15.00 - 25.00 | 32.00 | ||
| 79 | Maxwell (Sir Herbert) | The Story of the Tweed | 1905 |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 50.00 | |
| 80 | Mylne (R. S.) | The Master Masons to the Crown of Scotland | Edinburgh | 1893 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 60.00 |
| 81 | Simpson (J. W.) | His Book | Edinburgh | (c. 1910) |
GBP 10.00 - 20.00 | 15.00 |
| 82 | Walker (J. R.) | Pre-Reformation Churches in Fifeshire | Edinburgh | 1885 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 18.00 |
| 83 | Wilson (D.) | The Archaeology and prehistoric Annals of Scotland | Edinburgh | 1851 |
GBP 10.00 - 20.00 | 28.00 |
| 84 | Catalogue of Books in the Library of the Society of Procurators | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 140.00 | |||
| 85 | Codicis Theodosiani Libri XVI | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | 105.00 | |||
| 86 | Cujacius (Jacobus) | Opera | Frankfurt | 1623 |
GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | 105.00 |
| 87 | Dalrymple (Sir James, of Stair) | The institutions of the Law of Scotland | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | 160.00 | ||
| 88 | Domat (J.) | The Civil Law in its Natural Order trans. W. Strahan | 1722 |
GBP 10.00 - 20.00 | 75.00 | |
| 89 | The dying Speeches | Edinburgh | 1825 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 75.00 | |
| 90 | Gilmour (Sir John) and Sir David Falconer | A Collection of Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 115.00 | ||
| 91 | Grotius (H.) | Jus Belli et Pacis | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | 115.00 | ||
| 92 | Liberty of the Press | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 70.00 | |||
| 93 | M'Douall (A.) | An Institute of the Laws of Scotland | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | 250.00 | ||
| 94 | Okey (C. H.) | Droits | Paris | 1831 |
GBP 10.00 - 20.00 | 28.00 |
| 95 | Oldendorpius (J.) | Juris Naturalis Gentium et Civi | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | 100.00 | ||
| 96 | Perezus (A.) | Expositiones Codicis Justinianei | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 45.00 | ||
| 97 | Petition of Robert Stewart Flemyng (and others) | Edinburgh | 1810 |
GBP 10.00 - 20.00 | 18.00 | |
| 98 | Report from the Committee to whom the Petition of the Commissioners of the .. . Church of Scotland | GBP 10.00 - 20.00 | 15.00 | |||
| 99 | Report of the Trial | Edinburgh | 1825 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 40.00 | |
| 100 | Seiden (J.) | Mare Clausum | Leiden | 1636 |
GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | 105.00 |
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