The History of the Establishment of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland
by STUART, Gilbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Lebanon, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: J. Murray, 1780. First edition. 4to. Portrait frontispiece by Sherwin after Donaldson. iv, [4], 265, [1], [2, catalogue] pp. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked, red leather spine label; some wear to board edges First edition, one of 750 copies printed, of Staurt's narrative history of the Scottish Reformation, notable for its Gothic-inflected prose style. "Where many contemporary historians emphasized the systematic, the rational, and the pragmatic, Stuart believed that a more sentimental, immediate, and intentional approach could better re-create historical verisimilitude" (Zachs, ODNB).REFERENCE: ESTC T96527
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Bull's Head Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100738
- Title
- The History of the Establishment of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland
- Author
- STUART, Gilbert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1780
Terms of Sale
Bull's Head Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bull's Head Rare Books
Biblio member since 2021
Lebanon, New Jersey
About Bull's Head Rare Books
Bull's Head Rare Books was established in 2020 by Alex Obercian after more than a dozen years in the New York City book trade. BHRB deals in rare books and manuscripts in all fields, with specialties in literature, bookbindings, architecture, photography, science and medicine and country-life pursuits — gardening, farming and landscape design.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...