An Historical Account of the Blue Blanket: Or, Crafts-Mens Banner. Containing the Fundamental Principles of the Good-Town, with the Powers and Prerogatives of the Crafts of Edinburgh, &c

PENNECUIK, Alexander

Verlag: John Mosman, Edinburgh, 1722

Beschreibung

16mo (about 10cm x 16cm), [10], x, 140pp. Collated complete per ESTC listing (T117242). A crisp, clean, sound copy, bound in slightly later 18th century full diced calf, with gilt borders and edges. Rebacked (recently) to style, with gilt compartments and red morocco spine label. Contemporary marbled endpapers, with bookplate of noted Scottish lawyer Thomas Dawson Brodie. A partially legible inscription on the verso of the front free endpaper contains some family history, which appears to connect at least one previous owner of this book to the events described therein, but it is too messy for us to read clearly. A few 19th century news clippings relating to the contents are pasted to blank endleaves, not obscuring any content. Though wanting its original endleaves, the text is complete, and sound and clean, at that, with only a few contemporary ownership markings to the title page. Overall very good or better. Scarce in recent commerce, with just a handful of auction appearances in the past half century. The book's title is a reference to the "Standard of the Crafts Within the Burgh of Edinburgh," supposedly the flag presented by King James III of Scotland to the Edinburgh craftsmen who had rescued him from Edinburgh Castle during the Anglo-Scottish Wars of the late 15th century. ESTC T117242. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 10391

Bibliografische Details

Titel: An Historical Account of the Blue Blanket: ...

Verlag: John Mosman, Edinburgh

Erscheinungsdatum: 1722

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very good +

Auflage: First Edition.