THE LIVES AND CHARACTERS OF THE MOST EMINENT WRITERS OF THE SCOTS NATION; WITH AN ABSTRACT AND CATALOGUE OF THEIR WORKS; THEIR VARIOUS EDITIONS; AND THE JUDGEMENT OF THE LEARN'D CONCERNING THEM. Volume I (III)

Tre volumi in folio legati in pelle (restauri), piatti pannellati a cornici concentriche, titolo ai tasselli ai dorsi ornati a 6 nervi, sguardie (exlibris incollati), frontespizi, due carte, XLII, 488 pp., due carte, XX, 618, 12 pp., una carta, VII, XV, 526 pp., carta manoscritta 'Many interesting people and facts, ST.COLUMBANUS, THE CALENDER OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH, THE CYCLE OF THE SUN, ST.BONIFACE, THE LIFE OF JOHN SCOT OF AIR (ayr), ALBIN, founder of the University of Pavia, CLEMENT, first founder of the University of Paris, Joannes a Sacro Bosco (born in Nithsdale!) Professor of mathematics at Paris, Knox, King James the I, MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, LIFE OF THOMAS A CISTERCIAN MONK AND ABBOT OF DUNDRANAN (DUNDRENNAN) IN GALLOWAY, cHRONICLE OF MELROS (MELROSE), JAMES KENNEDY, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH, JOHN MAJOR, PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY AND ONE OF THE DOCTORS OF THE SORBON AT PARIS, JAMES LAING DOCTOR OF THE SORBONNE, INSTRUMENT UPON THE LODGMENT OF THE REGALIA WITHIN THE CROWN ROOM OF THE CASTLE OF EDINBURGH THE 26TH MARCH 1707. a list of monasteries.some latin text, mostly english.wonderful books, massive content, over 1600 pages total.' Che aggiungere a questa descrizione antica? che la quantit e qualit delle biografie e bibliografie eccellente? che l'interesse universale stante la presenza di nomi afferenti alle pi svariate nazioni o citt europee? L'opera in se prestigiosa, presentata in ottimo stato (sono veramente poche ed ininfluenti le mende quali lievi tracce di gora in qualche foglio), davvero rara a reperirsi, spettacolare. Notevole.