Description

Five volume set of this, probably the most important document of Scottish Medieval history.  First edition of  Thomas Hearnius’s vesion of Bower and Fordun’s Scotichronicon.

Vol.1 Editoris praefatio. Scotichronicon – vol.2 Scotichronicon (cont.) – vol.3 Scotichronicon (cont.) Scotichronici supplementum – vol.4 Scotichronici supplementum (cont.) Scotichronici continuatio, per Walterum Bowerum – vol.5 Appendix. Index auctorum. Index rerum. Operum nostrorum hactenus impressorum catalogus. In Latin.

The fifth volume includes three plates, correctly placed and a folding chart, all in VG condition.

Laid in loosely is a publisher’s advertisement, dated April 26 1722, announcing that the set of books is ready “to be delivered to subscribers about a fortnight hence”

In full leather bindings with raised bands, slight worming to ther leather. Spines worn and strained at gutters to eps but tight internally. No inscriptions. CCXLIII, [1], 926, [2], 931-1366, [2], 1371-1640 pages

Very scarce – no copies currently available on the internet

An excellent set of this seminal Scottish historical work.