Memoirs of the Insurrection in Scotland in 1715. /
Sinclair, John,1683-1750.
Scott, Walter,1771-1832.
Macknight, James.
Laing, David,1793-1878.
Carlyle, Thomas,1795-1881,former owner.StEdNL: RB.m.801
Lothian, William Schomberg Robert Kerr,Marquess of,1832-1870,former owner.StEdNL: RB.m.801
Abbotsford Club (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Printed at Edinburgh,
M.DCC.LVIII. [1858]
Edited by James Macknight and David Laing.
This copy belonged to Thomas Carlyle, with his signature, dated 1860, on the leading pastedown [recto of first flyleaf???]. He has annotated the volume in pencil in numerous places. He notes on the errata slip: ‘The worst erratum is in p. 45; and there are a good few not noticed here’. The album subsequently was given to Carlyle's acquaintance,Sir William Schomberg Kerr, 8th marquess of Lothian, and contains his bookplate on front pastedown.The volume has been bound in half leather for the Lothian family and was in the library at Newbattle Abbey until 2018.
Jacobite Rebellion, 1715
Scotland Edinburgh.