BARBOUR, John [with notes and a commentary by J.Pinkerton]

The Bruce: Or the History of Robert I King of Scotland Written in Scottish Verse [3 volume set]

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Publisher: Printed By H. Hughs for G Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty., London

Year: 1790

Edition: First

Format: Hardback

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‘The first genuine edition, published from a manuscript dated 1489’. Notes and commentary by J. Pinkerton, the Scottish antiquarian and historian.. The manuscript referred to is the transcription by the Perth scribe John Ramsay, who made two copies in 1489. Restored full leather binding with gilt titles and raised bands, marbled endpapers and reinforced gutters. A nice set of the classic Scottish text.

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