The history of Scotland, from the year 1423 until the year 1542

Title

The history of Scotland, from the year 1423 until the year 1542

Alternative Title

Full Title: The history of Scotland, from the year 1423 until the year 1542 : containing the lives and reigns of James the I. the II. the III. the IV. the V. : with several memorials of state, during the reigns of James VI. and Charles I. / by William Drummond; with a prefatory introduction taken out of the records of that nation, by Mr. Hall of Grays-Inn.

Creator

Drummond, William, 1585-1649 author

Publisher

London : Printed for Tho. Fabian at the Sign of the Bible in St. Pauls Church-Yard a Corner shop next Cheapside

Date

1682

Format

[40], 436 pages, [6] leaves of plates : ports. ; 19 cm. (8vo)

Description

Frontispiece portrait (plate) of the author signed: R. Gaywood fecit, "Illustrated with their effigies in copper plates",
Pages 338, 432 incorrectly numbered 323, 342, respectively,
Title and imprint within double line border,
"A cypresse grove": pages 401-436,
A reissue of the second edition of 1681, with new t.p.

Provenance

Bookplate on front pastedown: Charles W.G. Howard,
Bookplate: Ex Libris Daniel Robert Woolf, FRSC,
Bookseller's receipt removed to item file

Contributor

Gift of Daniel Woolf,
Howard, Charles W. G., former owner

Language

English

Identifier

Dated 1682 .D78,
English Short Title Catalogue, R31373,
Wing (2nd ed.), D2199

Files

Dated1682D78.jpg

Collection

Citation

Drummond, William, 1585-1649 author , “The history of Scotland, from the year 1423 until the year 1542,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed May 3, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/898.