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The metrical history of Sir william wallace, knight of ellerslie, by henry, commonly called blind harry: carefully transcribed from the m. s. copy of that work, in the advocates' library..
by [WALLACE, William]. BLIND HARY
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- first
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Perth: Printed by R. Morison Junior, for R. Morison and Son, 1790. Three volumes bound as one. [6], 23, [1], 146; [2], 171, [13]; [2], 90, 61pp, [5]. With an additional collective title page: 'Ye actis and deidis of ye illuster and vailzeand campioun, Shyr Wilham Wallace, Knycht off Elrisle', an engraved frontispiece to each volume, and a list of subscribers. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting, spine dulled and cracked. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, fore-edge shaved. A late eighteenth century Perth printed edition of Blind Hary’s (b. c. 1440, d. in or after 1492) epic verse life of William Wallace; the only work which can be attributed with certainty to him. The earliest text of the poem is a manuscript by John Ramsay dated 1488. Hary based his work on a Latin prose history of Wallace by John Blair, of which no copy survives. The subscribers to this edition included Robert Burns (1759-1796), who much admired the poem. He commented that the lines 'A false usurper sinks in every foe / And liberty returns with every blow' as 'a couplet worthy of Homer' and incorporated them in his own patriotic composition 'Robert Bruce's Address to his Army at Bannockburn' (1793). ESTC T71686.. First edition. 12mo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ22373
- Title
- The metrical history of Sir william wallace, knight of ellerslie, by henry, commonly called blind harry: carefully transcribed from the m. s. copy of that work, in the advocates' library..
- Author
- [WALLACE, William]. BLIND HARY
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Printed by R. Morison Junior, for R. Morison and Son
- Place of Publication
- Perth
- Date Published
- 1790
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- History
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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- Spine
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