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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Three Volumes Bound In One: V, (1) With Errata On Verso, 232 Pp; (Ii), 121, Including Half-Title, Errata On Verso Of Last Page; X, (I) With Directions On Verso, 13-96. Full Calf, Red Morocco Spine Label. Titles And Authors' Names Written On First Free Endpaper; Beattie's Name Written On Title Of That Section. Wear, Fraying At Corners, Binding Sound. The Third Title Is Quite Scarce. Bookplate Of Sir Henry Jardine. Henry Jardine Of Harwood (1766-1851) Was A Solicitor, Antiquarian And A Founder Member Of The Bannatyne Club In 1823, Alongside His Friend Sir Walter Scott. He Became A Writer To The Signet In 1790 And In 1793 Took The Important Government Role Of Solicitor Of Taxes, Through The Patronage Of Henry Dundas, 1St Viscount Melville. From 1820 Until 1831 He Was King's Remembrancer In The Exchequer Throughout The Reign Of King George Iv. In 1814 He Was Elected A Fellow Of The Royal Society Of Edinburgh. His Proposers Were George Steuart Mackenzie (His Son-In-Law), Henry Mackenzie, And Thomas Charles Hope.In 1818 He Was Of Those Present With Sir Walter Scott At The Rediscovery Of The Honours Of Scotland. His Home At 123 Princes Street In Edinburgh Faced Directly On To Edinburgh Castle.