Johannis de Fordun Scotichronicon genuinum, : una cum ejusdem supplemento ac continuatione. E codicibus Mss. eruit ediditque Tho. Hearnius, qui & appendicem subjunxit, totumque opus (in quinque volumina distinctum) præfatione atque indicibus adornavit..
Fordun, John of,-1384?
Hearne, Thomas,1678-1735.
St. Benedict's Abbey (Fort Augustus, Scotland),former owner.
Oxonii, : e theatro Sheldoniano,,
M.DCC.XXII [i.e. 1722]..
With a list of subscribers.
Only vol.1 has a titlepage; vols. 2-5 have a half-title: 'Johannis de Fordun Scotichronici ... '
In an attractive calf binding by Thomas Elliott of London, who was one of the main binders of the Harleian Library. The covers have a gilt border with a double fillet, a floral roll and an ornamental roll. The spines are divided into seven panels separated by raised bands: the second and third panels have red goatskin labels with respectively the title and the volume number in gilt letters, the other panels and the raised bands are also gold-tooled. There is a gilt floral roll on the board edges and a blind-tooled roll on the turn-ins.
ESTC
Provenance: bookplates on the opening pastedowns indicate that these volumes are from the library of Fort Augustus.