Sketches of the Character, Manners and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland: With details of the Military Service of The Highland Regiments.

Stewart, David

Edité par Printed for Archibald Constable & Co., Edinburgh, 1822

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FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, 2 vols, 8vo, pp. [iii]-xiii, [i], iv, 536; [iii]-viii, 445, [3], xcviii + folding chart and folding hand-coloured map. Half-titles discarded. Contemporary calf, boards bordered with double gilt rules enclosing a blind roll, spines divided by raised bands gilt, black morocco labels, other compartments tooled elaborately in gilt, marbled edges. Just a touch of spotting, tear to map sometime repaired with clear tape to verso. Sometime rebacked in lighter leather preserving earlier backstrip, hinges relined with cloth, boards a little scratched. Presentation inscription to vol. 1 flyleaf: ?to John Wedderburn, secretary to the Highland Society of London, from his much esteemed friend General David Stewart?, armorial bookplates of John Wedderburn to pastedowns, inscription to bookplate in vol 1: ? Given to me, William C. Macpherson by David Wedderburn, February 1933? Major-General David Stewart of Garth (1772-1829) served in the Black Watch, where his commanding officer?s request for a history of the regiment was the starting point for this book which became a foundational work in clan history. An evangelist for highland dress, he founded The Highland Society of London to promote the highland culture and was praised by his friend and fellow-member Sir Walter Scott as ?Honest Garth. a highlander of the old stamp.? This copy was presented to the secretary of the Highland Society John Wedderburn of Auchterhouse, and may even have influenced his son, John Walker Wedderburn, who served in the Black Watch in the 1840s, as the book remained in the Wedderburn family into the 20th century.

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• Titre: Sketches of the Character, Manners and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland: With details of the Military Service of The Highland Regiments.
• Éditeur: Printed for Archibald Constable & Co., Edinburgh
• Date de parution: 1822
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
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