Letters from a gentleman in the north of Scotland to his friend in London;...interspers'd with Facts and Circumstances intirely New to the Generality of People in England, and little known in the Southern Parts of Scotland. .
London.
Printed for S. Birt, 1754.
First edition.
8vo.
In two volumes. [1], x, 344pp; [2], 368pp, [1]. With an engraved map to Vol. I and a further eight engraved plates across both volumes. Contemporary calf, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-pieces. Heavily worn, with significant splitting to joints of both volumes. Armorial bookplate of the Earls of Hopetoun to FEP and ink-stamps of Alex. D. Denny, Dumbarton to FFEPs, of each volume. Some staining to endpapers, with light spotting and marks throughout text.
The first edition of a series of letters by Edmund Burt, also known as Edward Burt (d. 1755), English author and rent collector in Scotland, to an unknown correspondent in London. Within, Burt detailed the work of General George Wade in improving the roads of Scotland; the engravings within serve as important records of Highland dress around Inverness. Due to an awareness around his likely insulting depictions of Scotland, Burt published the letters anonymously during his lifetime, with the editor going so far as to say the original author was dead.
ESTC T65246.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 33422
