Private letters now first printed from the original MSS. M.DC.XCIV-M.DCC.XXXII. [Edited by James Maidment.]

Maidment, J. ; Wodrow, R.

Verlag: Printed for private circulation [by J.Stevenson], Edinburgh, [Stevenson], 1829, 1829

Beschreibung

"Fifty copies were printed on small and twelve on thick paper", according to T.G. Stevenson's Catalogue of Maidment's publications. Contemporary quarter-leather and boards, edges uncut, paper spine label, 84 pp. Scarce. The letters are mostly addressed to Robert Wodrow, (1679-1734) the historian of the persecution of the Presbyterians and before that librarian to the University of Glasgow, and written by such persons as Lord Pollock, Montgomerie of Langshaw, Lord Grange, Lord Polwarth, Earl of Linlithgow, Countess of Fauconberg etc.etc. The details of the correspondence are, to quote Maidment's brief foreword, "best suited for.those persons who think there is no very great harm in being diverted with such (antiquated) scandal.". Bertram Dobell commented "There is much curious matter in the letters, which are of considerable value from their illustrations of the manners, superstitions and customs of their time. Many of them are couched in very quaint terms, and most are filled with stories, and scandalous tales." The editor, James Maidment (1793-1897) was an antiquary and bibliophile, a friend of Sir Walter Scott and a founder member of The Bannatyne Club. T.G. Stevenson, Maidment's bibliographer, wrote in "Notes and Queries" that the book was issued by (his father) John Stevenson, bookseller of Edinburgh - Sir Walter Scott's 'True Jock', and that a review of the book in Fraser's London Magazine for March 1834 "asserted that it was the joint productions [sic] of the late celebrated facetious Peter, Lord Robertson and a highly popular clergyman". Ownership inscription "A. Sinclair / 29 June 1830" to front pastedown endpaper, corners and spine ends bumped and worn, small bruise to lower edge of front board, paper spine label darkened, a few thumbprints and one manuscript annotation to contents, otherwise Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-46570

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Titel: Private letters now first printed from the ...

Verlag: Printed for private circulation [by J.Stevenson], Edinburgh, [Stevenson], 1829

Erscheinungsdatum: 1829

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