1821 History of the Rencounter at Drumclog & Battle at Bothwell Bridge 1679

1821 History of the Rencounter at Drumclog & Battle at Bothwell Bridge 1679A HISTORY OF THE RENCOUNTER AT DRUMCLOG AND BATTLE AT BOTHWELL BRIDGE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE 1679 With an Account of what is Correct, and what is Ficticious in the "Tales of my Landlord", Respecting these Engagements By William Aiton Printed by Borthwick & co, hamilton, 1821. First Edition. Hardback, cloth, 8vo, pp 131, [2]. With a fold out frontispiece. CONDITION A good copy of this very scarce work with no copies available for sale at the time of

shortly before his death

MODERN WEAPONS OF WAR

son of the minister of Prestonpans in East Lothian

Limited Edition to 150 copies of which this is copy number 142

It argues that the formidable dual influences of humanism and Calvinism forced a discussion about the essentially moral function of scholarship and learning to the very centre of intellectual debate in early modern Scotland

and spent several years as a draftsman in Germany

Ane Roll of Persons Names in South Ronaldsay and Burray in 1696

Volume I : The Old Town and South Edinburgh

and walks out with a very suitable young man

decorative endpapers

Nidulària campanulàta

Fold-out frontispiece to volume I