1827 The History of Scotland in 4v - Folding Hand Coloured Map.
Translated From The Latin Of George Buchanan
WithNotesAnd A Continuation To The Union In The Reign Of Queen Anne By James Aikman In Four Volumes
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Published: Glasgow: Blackie, Fullarton & Co.; Edinburgh: Archibald Fullarton & Co., 1827
Physical Description: 4 Volumes: [4] frontispiece portraits; [1] folding colour map
Notes : Map bound ahead of page 1 volume 1; Volume 4 contains 1 leaf of plate
Language: English
Size : 8vo
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Binding:
The books (8vo) are uniformly bound in half brown calf with brown cloth covered boards, decorative spines divided into six compartments by raised gilt bands, lettering pieces gilt on black leather labels in compartments two and four, repeated blind stamped decoration in the remainder.
Joints are rubbed and creased and worn in varying degrees, some reasonably sound, some becoming a tad tender, a couple just starting at the very top front; inner hinges with varying degrees of wear, some are split/splitting; spines rubbed in varying degrees, scuffed at head and foot ends, top edge volume 2 chipped and fraying, labels cracking; boards are rubbed at extremities in varying degrees, with spotting and soiling/staining in varying degrees, patchy discolouration.
Inside:
Volume 3 is lacking pages 1 & 2.
Volume 1 contains a folding hand coloured map; there is a sellotape repair at the gutter where the map joins the book but not affecting the map; minor and faint browning from offsetting, one minor tear to the lower margin.
Browning from offsetting to map verso and to the pages surrounding the map, and title pages.
Foxing, spotting, brown blemishes in varying degrees, chiefly moderate/heavy, to the end papers, titles, frontispiece portraits, and first and last few leaves, otherwise negligible and minor within, excepting volume 4 which is sporadic and in varying degrees; liquid staining in varying degrees to margins of the plates, end papers, title pages and the following leaf or two, excepting volume 4 where the staining is intermittent to the lower outer corner.
Owner name in ink to the front end papers.
The volumes are tightly bound but with straining/gapping at the gutter where the hinges are split or weak.
The books measure 22 cm x 14 cm and weigh 3.005kg without packaging.
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