The five great churches of Galloway: forming the concluding volume of the collections of the Ayr and Galloway Archaeological Association. Volume X. Good - 1899

Scotland 5 gc The five great churches of Galloway: forming the concluding volume of the collections of the Ayr and Galloway Archaeological Association. Volume X. (Series: Ayrshire and Galloway Archaeological Association, Vol X).Drawings by David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross. Edinburgh: Printed for the Ayrshire and Galloway Archaeological Association, 1899, xxx, 243 pages, illustrations, plates, Appendix, index. Large and heavy volume. In cream colored cloth, spine and little on covers have some speckling, assume that the book was stored in a library where the volume may have been exposed to blowing dust over the years. Stain (water?) on bottom paper edge. The volume was once part of the Massachusetts Historical Library collection, with its bookplate on front lining paper. Overall, a good, tight, clean copy of a very scarce book. One can only imagine the time and skill it took the two artists to accomplish such a task. Very scarce volume. $75.00 Notes: Limited edition of 300 copies of which this is no. 30. (Also, the last volume in the series). Sweetheart or New Abbey; pages 3 to 13, text with illustrations, followed by 20 pages of full-page plates, architectural plates, very nicely done. Dundrennan Abbey; pages 57 to 64, text with illustrations, followed by 15 pages of full-page plates, architectural plates, very nicely done. Lincluden College; pages 99 to 107, text with illustrations, followed by 28 pages of full-page plates, architectural plates, very nicely done. Whithorn Priority; pages 169 to 174, text with illustrations, followed by 10 pages of full-page plates, architectural plates, very nicely done. Glenluce Abbey; pages 199 to 208, text with illustrations, followed by 11 pages of full-page plates, architectural plates, very nicely done. Vols. 1-4 published as 'Archaeological and historical collections relating to the counties of Ayr and Wigton'; vols. 5-10 published as 'Archaeological and historical collections relating to Ayrshire & Galloway'. Limited editions, no. of copies for each vol. varies. Some vols. have distinctive titles. Each vol. includes List of members. Prefaces of v. 1, 6-7 signed; R.W. Cochran-Patrick; v. 5: Herbert Eustace Maxwell; v. 10: Hew H. Dalrymple. Part of v. 7, and all of v. 8-9 contains the "Protocol book of Robert Broun." Vol. 10 has added t.-p.: The five great churches of Galloway ... drawings by David Macgibbon, LL. D., and Thomas Ross.