THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF SCOTLAND BY JAMES TAYLOR, LEATHER BOUND IN TWO VOLUMES
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[TAYLOR, James (1813-1892)]. The Pictorial History of Scotland, from the Roman Invasion to the Close of the Jacobite Rebellion. A.D. 79--1746. London: James S. Virtue, n.d. [1859].
First edition. Complete in two volumes. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Thick quarto (260 x 170 mm). Pp. xciv, 808p., ill. pl.; 1023p., ill. pl., errata. English text in double columns. Bound in handsome contemporary half calf, spines gilt, marbled paper-covered boards, marbled page edges and endpapers. Half-titles present. Profusely illustrated throughout; volume I illustrated with an engraved title page, one double-paged map, one map, and thirty-seven plates - volume II illustrated with an engraved title page, one map, and thirty-eight plates. Printed footnotes. Index in double columns to rear of volume II. Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Bindings tight, secure and square, the hinges and joints intact. Light rubbing to extremities, the cover generally very well-preserved. Interiors largely fresh and clean. Some previous owner details neatly to endpapers. An excellent set.
Notes: A handsome first edition set. Taylor was a Scottish minister and historical author, known for his many works on his homeland. He is alluded to in Benjamin Disraeli's 'Lothair'.