Description
The fifth edition, with engravings, appendix andintroduction and notes by the editor R. Jameson. With the History of Donald the Hammerer by Sir Walter Scott: The work is an epistolary travelogue written as a series of letters to an unnamed friend. This was written in the 1720s and published anonymously in 1754. Later attributed to James Burt, who worked closely with General George Wade in the Scottish Highlands during the 1720s. 348pp, 370pp plus 2pp adverts to rear of volume of 2. Beautifully bound recently in half leather with peacock boards. Foxing to title page and contents pages otherwise VG.

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![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, begun in the year 1726. [Two VolumeSet] - Image 4](https://www.hadwebutknown.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/20145_4-scaled.jpg)