Andrew Stuart Esq (3 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Contemporary crushed red morocco leather binding. Single gilt filet border to boards and board edges. Gilt title and ruled compartments to spine. Gilt hashed turn-ins, marbled endpapers. All edges gilt, but dulled. Slight marking to spine edge of rear board. Excellent solid binding with no cracking to joints. Very clean text throughout. Residue from a removed bookplate to front pastedown endpaper, note in old ink to leading blank: 'This book extreme (sic) scarce'. Engraved title page with vignette, lacking the half title page. Stuart's privately published attack on Lord Mansfield's impartiality during the final settlement of Douglas Cause. An attractively bound example in very nice condition. ESTC: T11778. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.5 x 8.75 inches (13.5 x 21.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: Small 4to. [2], 39, [1] (blank), 64, 47, [1] (blank), 47. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A major late 18th-century genealogical work by Andrew Stuart, addressing the lineage of the House of Stewart at a time when questions of descent carried real legal and social consequence. Written with authority and precision, the work reflects the intensity of aristocratic genealogical disputes in Britain, where lineage was closely tied to inheritance, legitimacy, and power. Bibliography; ESTC records this 1798 London edition, confirming its publication by A. Strahan; T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies, and its place within late 18th-century British genealogical literature. Condition; Contemporary full calf binding with gilt Greek key border, rubbed with age and showing surface wear and marks; spine worn but intact. Internally toned with occasional spotting and signs of use; remains structurally sound and a strong, presentable copy. Why This Matters; Genealogical works of this nature were not purely academic—they were instruments of influence, shaping claims to status, inheritance, and historical legitimacy. This volume represents the central argument in the Stewart lineage debate, making it a key text for collectors of British history and aristocratic genealogy. Offered by Atlas Rare Books, specialists in rare and antiquarian books.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Letters to the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield, from Andrew Stuart, Esq; London: Printed in the Month of January 1773. Paginates: [4], 39, [1], 63, [1], 47, [1], 47, [1] pp. Collates: (A)2, B4-2C4. Complete with the Half Title. Each letter has its own pagination but the register is continuous. With the engraved signatures of Andrew Stuart, following the First and Fourth Letter. The scarce 4to First Edition, also published simultaneously in an 8vo format. Bound in contemporary half calf over marble boards. Minor rubbing to the boards and spine. Hinges are cracked and a chip to the top of the spine. Binding remains well preserved. Internally near fine but with foxing to the half title and the end sheets. Printed on a high-quality paper. With the bookplate of Lord Sandys. The volume measures 24 x 20 x 2 cm. Each leaf measures 237 x 193 mm. Letters by Scottish lawyer Andrew Stuart (1725-1801), regarding the famous Douglas lawsuit, in which the Duke of Hamilton disputed the identity of Archibald James Edward Douglas, first baron Douglas (1748-1827), and endeavored to hinder his succession to the family estates. Mansfield was a judge in the case.…