1683 SCOTLAND 1st ed Sir James Melville Memoirs Mary Queen of Scots James VI
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1683 SCOTLAND 1st ed Sir James Melville Memoirs Mary Queen of Scots James VI
James Melville of Halhill was a 16th-century Scottish political delegate who is primarily remembered for his own memoirs. In this book, Memoirs of My Own Life, Melville wrote a valuable description of the end of the 1500s as well as the lives and reigns of Mary Queen of Scots and Henry II of France.
This 1683 first edition was published by Melvilles grandson, George Scott of Pitlochie who found the manuscript hidden in the Edinburgh Castle!
Item number: #18873
Price: $950
MELVILLE, James of Halhill
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 mentiond 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 publicly concerned.
London: Printed by E.H. [i.e. Edward Horton] for Robert Boulter, 1683.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
[16], 204, [28]
References: Wing M 1654
Provenance:
Armorial Bookplate – LIBERTAS
Likely George Evans, 3rd Baron Carbery (died 1783), known as Hon. George Evans from 1749 to 1759, an Irish peer. The coat of arms on this bookplate is half those of the Carbery barons and half those of his first wife, Juliana Noel, the daughter of Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough. Motto: LIBERTAS.
Handwritten – John Bonnell
Language: English
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
Size: ~12in X 8in (30.5cm x 20cm)
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James Melville of Halhill was a 16th-century Scottish political delegate who is primarily remembered for his own memoirs. In this book, Memoirs of My Own Life, Melville wrote a valuable description of the end of the 1500s as well as the lives and reigns of Mary Queen of Scots and Henry II of France.
This 1683 first edition was published by Melvilles grandson, George Scott of Pitlochie who found the manuscript hidden in the Edinburgh Castle!
Item number: #18873
Price: $950
MELVILLE, James of Halhill
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 mentiond 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 publicly concerned.
London: Printed by E.H. [i.e. Edward Horton] for Robert Boulter, 1683.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
[16], 204, [28]
References: Wing M 1654
Provenance:
Armorial Bookplate – LIBERTAS
Likely George Evans, 3rd Baron Carbery (died 1783), known as Hon. George Evans from 1749 to 1759, an Irish peer. The coat of arms on this bookplate is half those of the Carbery barons and half those of his first wife, Juliana Noel, the daughter of Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough. Motto: LIBERTAS.
Handwritten – John Bonnell
Language: English
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
Size: ~12in X 8in (30.5cm x 20cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
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