Letters from A Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his friend in London
Title: Letters from A Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his friend in London containing the description of a capital in that Northern Country with an account of many uncommon customs of the inhabitants - Volume 1
Author: Edward Burt
Publisher: J. Pottinger
Date: MDCCLIX (1759)
Full leather-bound - 2nd Edition - frontispiece map of Inverness other illustrations. 344pp
Synopsis
Original letters by Edward Burt regarding Scottish Society in the 18th century. Originally published in 2 volumes this is volume 1.
Full Title:
Letters from a gentleman in the north of Scotland to his friend in London. Containing the description of a capital town in that northern country; with An Account of some uncommon Customs of the Inhabitants: likewise, An Account of the Highlands, with the Customs and Manners of the Highlanders. To which is added, A Letter relating to the Military Ways among the Mountains, began in the Year 1726. The whole interspers'd with Facts and Circumstances intirely New to the Generality of People in England, and little known in the Southern Parts of Scotland. In two volumes.
Condition Notes
Full contemporary calf leather. Rubbing to extremities. Front board partially detached. Some small cuffs, scratches to board surfaces. Otherwise very good copy with a strong binding. All pages present and bright and clean throughout.
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