Antiquities & scenery of the north of Scotland, in a series of letters, to Thomas Pennant, Esqr. /
Cordiner, Charles.
Torfaeus, Thormodus,1636-1719.Orcades.
Walker, Fountaine,former owner.StEdNL: F.7.d.1
Curle, Alexander Ormiston,1866-1955,former owner.StEdNL: F.7.d.1
London. [s.n.]
1780
Engraved tp
Extracts from the "Orcades" of Torfaeus : p.121-173
ESTC
Water colour drawing, possibly by the author, of various places referred to in the text have been bound in or pasted in at or near the following pages: titlepage, pp. 4, 5, 8, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 34, 36, 44, 45, 49, 53, 56, 57, 58, 60, 63, 71, 97, 108. In addition, a number of leaves containing descriptions and engravings from Cordiner's 'Remarkable Ruins ... of North Britain' (London, 1795) have been bound in at various places. There is a bookplate on the front pastedown with the motto "clarior e tenebris" and the name "Fountaine Walker". On the front free endpaper there is another bookplate depicting a castle and the inscription "This book belongs to Alexander Ormiston Curle"