12mo. 382 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. Cooper; engraved folded map of Scotland.
De Jure Regni apud Scotos . . . at the end has separate signatures and pagination.
The first edition was published in Edinburgh in 1582[.] It was immediately translated into the continental languages and frequently
reprinted. The last edition appeared in 1762.
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105
Melvil’s memoirs.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 21. no. 104, as above.
MELVILLE,
Sir James.
The Memoires of Sir James Melvil of Hal-Hill: containing an impartial account of the most remarkable affairs of state during the last age, not mention’d by
other Historians: more particularly relating to the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, under the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth,
Mary Queen of Scots, and King James. In all which transactions the author was personally and publikly concern’d. Now published
from the original Manuscript. By Geoge Scott, Gent.
London: Printed by
E. H. for
Robert Boulter,
1683.
DA785 .M53
First Edition. Folio. 124 leaves; the last three pages contain an alphabetical
interpretation of all the Scotish words and phrases contained in this History, and a catalogue of books printed for
Robert Boulter.
Lowndes III, 1532.
Hazlitt II, 391.
STC M1654.
George Scott, d. 1683, grandson of Sir James Melville, is noted chiefly for his writings on America.
Sir James Melville, 1535-1617, Scottish autobiographer, was privy councillor to Mary Queen of Scots. His Memoirs, which form an important contribution
to the historic literature of the period, were frequently reprinted, and were translated into French. Two issues of the first
edition were printed; it is not known which of the two was in Jefferson’s library.
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106
Memoirs du Marquis de Montrose.
2. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 21. no. 21, as above.
WISHART,
George.
Mémoires de Jacques Graham, Marquis de Montrose, contenant l’Histoire de la rébelion de son temps, traduite de l’
Anglois par M**** [l’abbé Jacques Marie Gaudin].
Paris:
Prault le jeune,
1767.
First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 12mo. No copy of this edition was located for collation.
Barbier III, 195.
This edition not in Quérard.
Entered on the undated manuscript catalogue, with the price,
4.10.
George Wishart, 1599-1671, bishop of Edinburgh. As chaplain to Montrose, the governor-general of Scotland, he took part in the rebellion
he describes, and accompanied Montrose on his flight to Europe. His account was originally written in
Latin, and this translation into
French by Jacques Marie Gaudin, 1740-1810, was made from an
English translation.
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