SIBBALD, Robert

History Ancient and Modern of the Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross with a description of both, and of the Firths of Forth and Tay, and the Islands in them; in which there is an Account of the Royal Seats and Castles; and of the Royal Burghs and Ports; and of the Religious Houses and Schools; and of the most Remarkable Houses of the Nobility and Gentry. With an account of the Natural Products of the Land and Waters. A New Edition, with notes and illustrations

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Publisher: R. Tullis

Year: 1803

Format: Hardback

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Scarce work on the history of Fife) 2pp,[iii]-xvi,[1]-468,(6), frontispiece (drawn by J. Brooks), + 3 leaves of engraved plates plus two additional drawings noted. A new edition of Sibbald’s classic naturaland geographical travelogue of southern Scotland. Robert Sibbald, 1641 -1722, was a Scottish physician, naturalist, and antiquary Some marking through age to the text but a sound copy. Plates as called for in the instructions to the binder at the rear. A nice modern rebind in quarter leather tooled in gilt to the spine, with marbled boards.

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