A quarto album lettered Bannatyniana, composed of the Bannatyne Club paper watermarked with arms and date 1823, containing a collection of cuttings and other matter, mostly relating to the Club and its publications
Published: 1823
Language: eng
Subjects: Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Notes: Maidment's arms inside cover. Of this very interesting collection the following items may be specially mentioned:--

Bill of Fare of the first Bannatyne dinner. Sir Walter Scott in the chair (MS.).

Original leaf (folio) of a 16th century MS. of Moysie's Memoirs belonging to Maidment, with an A.L.S. (3 pages 8vo) relating to it from James Dennistoun (1803-1855, antiquary), who edited the work for the Bannatyne Club in 1830.

The cuttings from contemporary newspapers and magazines are of great interest. Half morocco, paper sides £2/5/-