Original 18th century circulating library wrappers



George Buchanan (1506–1582). The His­tory of Scot­land, from the Ear­li­est Accounts of that Nation, to the Reign of King James VI. trans­lated from the Latin of George Buchanan. In two vol­umes. Edin­burgh: Printed by A. Don­ald­son and J. Reid. for Alex. Don­ald­son, 1762. Call num­ber: (EX) Item 6427104. ❧
Prove­nance: Lot 279, sold at Blooms­bury Auc­tions (Lon­don), 14 Decem­ber 2011. Also, in 1991, these were sold at Blooms­bury, June 13, 1991, lot 362, to Simon Finch. ❧ The British Library holds A Cat­a­logue of Hargrove’s Cir­cu­lat­ing Library at Har­ro­gate (York: W. Blan­chard, 1801).

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