A description of the Isles of Orkney / by the Rev. James Wallace. Reprinted from the original edition of 1693, with illustrative notes from an interleaved copy in the library of the University of Edinburgh, formerly the property of Malcolm Laing, the Scottish historian, together with the additions made by the author's son, in the edition of 1700 ; edited by John Small.
- Wallace, James, -1688.
- Date:
- 1883
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Edinburgh : W. Brown, 1883.
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[v]-xxiv, 112 pages, 1 leaf, [113]-251 pages, 1 unnumbered page, folded plates : folded maps ; 23 cm
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Includes reproductions of original t.-p.: A description of the Isles of Orkney; by Master James Wallace ... To which is added, An essay concerning the Thule of the ancients. Edinburgh, Printed by J. Reid, 1693
"An essay concerning the Thule of the ancients, where it is shewen that the Thule mentioned by the Roman writers, was the north east part of Britain, lying over against the Isles of Orkney ... Edinburgh, Printed by J. Reid, 1693": 1 l., p. [113]-149.
Copy 1 Note: No.217 of a limited edition of 260.
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