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Title Translates to "The Book of St. Mary of Cahchou: Register of Charters of the Tiron Abbey of Kelso, 1113-1567. In two volumes. Very good books. Brown cloth covered boards, professionally repaired with original spines and paper labels laid on, new end papers. Age-darkening to external page edges. Text pages are age-toned. Occasional penciled margin notes. Sm4to. 11" by 8 3/4". Vol I: Full color frontispiece with tissue-guard. Title page followed by Presentation page "To the Bannatyne Club by the Duke of Roxburgh." (4) The Bannatyne Club (members) January M.DCCC.XLVI., Preface iii-lii, 3 Charter Documents, Table of Plates (in English) (3), Tabula i-xxvii, 256; Vol II: 257-583. (Please forgive humble attempts of pagination, hopefully you will have a good idea.) The Preface in Vol I is in English, all other text appears to be in Latin. Frontispiece of Vol I is a facsimile of the illuminated initial charter of Malcolm IV., 1159, containing miniature portraits of David I and Malcolm IV. Within the 50… Read More