A collection of several treatises in folio, concerning Scotland, as it was of old, and also in later times. : Viz. I. Historical inquiries concerning the Roman monuments and antiquities in the north part of Britain called Scotland; with copper plates. II. The history, ancient and modern, of the sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross, with the description of both; and of the friths of Forth and Tay, and the islands in them. III. Conjectures concerning the Roman ports, colonies and forts upon the friths, taken from their vestiges, and the antiquities found near them; with several copper plates. IV. The history and description of the sheriffdoms of Linlithgow and Stirling, ancient and modern. V. The description of the Isles of Orknay and Zetland, with the maps of them, done from the accurate observation of the most learned who lived in these isles. VI. An account of the writers ancient and modern, printed, and manuscripts not printed, which treat of the description of North-Britain called Scotland. as it was of old, and is now at present: with a catalogue of the maps, prospects and figures, of the ancient monuments thereof, such as have come to my hands, in several languages. /
Sibbald, Robert,Sir,1641-1722.
Edinburgh: : Sold separately, or bound together, by Hamilton and Balfour in Company, John Paton, Alexander Symmer, and Alexander Kincaid booksellers in Edinburgh, and John Barry bookseller in Glasgow.,
MDCCXXXIX [1739]..
The fifth treatise is by Robert Monteith.
Part 2, 'The history ... of the sheriffdoms of Fife', exists in two different editions, both bearing the same titlepage, one with pagination [8], 164, [4], the other [10], 164, [4]; the 'Collection' can be found with either.
In this edition, 'The history, ancient and modern, of the sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross' has catchword 'brothock' on page 153, and 'Portus, coloniae & castella Romana, ad Bodotriam et ad Taum' has an erratum note on p. 19.
The plates in Part 3 are the same as those used in Part 3 of Sibbald's 'Tractatus varii', Edinburgh, 1711.
Each of the six parts has separate titlepage, pagination, and register.
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