The Clans, Septs & Regiments of The Scottish Highlands
Title: The Clans, Septs & Regiments of The Scottish Highlands
Author: Frank Adam
Publisher: W. & A. K. Johnston Ltd., Edinburgh and London
Date: 1908
Half-Leather Bound - 1st Edition. Fronispiece plus 12 additional black and white plates. 114 Colour plates of main clan Tartans. 4 maps including large pull out map at the end of the volume showing the distribution of the clans. 505pp
Additional Product Information
A rare half leather bound first edition of this handsome volume from 1908.
The Clans, Septs & Regiments of The Scottish Highlands by Frank Adam is a book published in 1908 that provides a comprehensive overview of the history, culture and traditions of the Scottish Highlanders. The book covers topics such as the clan system, the Highland dress, the tartan, the Highland music, the Celtic languages, the Highland regiments, the Lowland regiments, the aftermath of Culloden and the heraldry of the Highland families. The book is illustrated with maps, etchings and colour plates of the main Clan tartans.
Provenance
Originally privately owned - there is name and date 1911 handwritten in ink on the spare title page.
It appears then to have been presented to the Army Museums Ogilby Trust Library by Lt. Col. Roger North with a bookplate on the inside front end paper and a smal lozange stamp AMOT at the bottom of the main title page.
Condition Notes
This is an excellent copy in an extremely good half leather binding with gilt spine titles. Inside the pages are bright and clean throughout
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