1682 Historiae Scoticae Nomenclatura Latino-Vernacula

Description

First Edition, Leather Binding, Scarce

In the original Latin and English.

The scarce first edition of this work from Christopher Irvine, providing an account of Scottish place names and waterways in Latin, and with Irvine's accompanying commentary in English. Irvine includes further information concerning the history of the Scottish Isles, and some notes on European Latinised place names

An ardent Royalist, at the time of publication Irvine was historiographer to King Charles II.

With the armorial bookplate of Thomas Maitland Dundrennan, Solicitor General to Scotland in the mid nineteenth century, to the front pastedown, and the inscription of 'Rutherford' to the verso of the rear free endpaper.

ESTC reference no. R30360. With the register: [2] *3-8, A-Q8. Collated, complete.

With incorrectly turned 'C' in imprint date of title page, as called for.

A scarce and detailed study of the origins of Scottish place names.