A Chronicle of The Kings of Scotland, From Fergus The First, To James The Sixth, in The Year MDCXI.

CHAMBERS David. BUCHANAN George. MACKENZIE J.

Published by Edinburgh: The Maitland Club, 1830

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First edition, edited by J. Whitefoord Mackenzie. Quarto (27 x 21.5cm). 'The first part being a translation of the French of David Chambers' history of 1579, the second a translation of Buchanan's 1582 Latin work, the final section 1573-1611 written after 1603 by an unknown contemporary.'- Read. pp. xxiv,192. Martin indicates the edition to be of 50 copies. Bound in later 19th C full morocco by Zaehnsdorf, the spine in six panels with raised bands, gilt, the endpapers being in soft moroon calf, the dentelles gilt lined. The spine & board edges lightly scuffed, otherwise VG. [Terry 101; Martin 409; Cat. Works Maitland Club 17; Lowndes App. 21; Read 4978; Cochrane 280; Stevenson 58].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Chronicle of The Kings of Scotland, From Fergus The First, To James The Sixth, in The Year MDCXI.
• Publisher: Edinburgh: The Maitland Club
• Publication Date: 1830