The History of Scotland, from February 21, 1436 to March 1565: In Which are Contained Accounts of Many Remarkable Passages, Altogether Differing from our Other Historians...
Edinburgh: Printed for Charles Eliot and Thomas Cadell, 1778. Item #028412
3rd edition. xvi, ii, 367 pages, 55 page index. The History was first published, by subscription, at Edinburgh in 1728 by Robert Freebairn, a well-known printer, bookseller, and ardent Jacobite; later editions appeared at Glasgow in 1749, and again at Edinburgh in 1778 with the extended index (this copy) and 1814. Sir Walter Scott read Pitscottie as a teenager and was carried away by his telling phrases and vivacity; parts of Pitscottie turn up little altered in Marmion and Tales of a Grandfather, and shorter quotations appear in the Waverley novels. One of the most important early modern histories of Scotland. It has a strongly Protestant emphasis though it was written prior to John Knox's work. Bound in 3/4 brown pigskin over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands with lettering gilt within two copartments, top edge gilt, joints streghthened, previous owner's name dated Christmas. 1936, light scattered foxing to a fe pages, edges rubbed through. In all, a very nice copy. [ESTC 833320].
Price: $310.00