Other Prose: 16th To 18th Centuries
BIC code: CTKD
See also: Essays & Journals
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£14.99Boswell's Edinburgh Journals 1767-1786 - - Paperback
James Boswell's Edinburgh diaries provide a vivid picture of the high and low life of the Scottish capital. Although Boswell was a friend of the philosophers David Hume and Adam Smith, he also mixed with the criminal classes, was a prodigious drinker and frequented the city's brothels. -
£395.00The Correspondence Of James Beattie - - Hardback
James Beattie (1735-1803) was a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. He was a popular philosophical opponent of David Hume, and through his famous poem 'The Minstrel' he had a lasting influence on Wordsworth and the Romantics. This is a full account of all his known letters. -
£9.99A Description Of The Western Islands Of Scotland Ca 1695 - - Paperback
Martin Martin's narrative of his journey around the Western Isles includes information on custom, tradition and life, also an account of St Kilda, published in 1697. This volume also contains Sir Donald Monro's account of his visit to the Isles. -
£65.00A Dialogue On The Law Of Kingship Among The Scots: A Critical Edition And Translation Of George Buchanan's De Jure Regni Apud Scotos Dialogus - - Hardback
First published in Edinburgh in 1579 and running to only about 25,000 words George Buchanan's influential political essay achieved almost instantaneous notoriety as an incendiary call to popular rebellion. Interestingly it was widely admired on the continent but shunned in England until more than 100 years after his death. -
£25.00The Essential Boswell: Selections From The Writings Of James Boswell - - Hardback
This anthology includes the best of Boswell's diaries, his account of the great Cham himself, Sam Johnson, and also the lesser-known journal of his time in Corsica, as well as his obsession with hypochondria. -
£8.99A Journey To The Hebrides - - Paperback
Samuel Johnson and James Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland. Both kept detailed notes, which, gathered together here in one volume, provide insights into the areas and the personalities of both. -
£45.00King James VI And I: Selected Writings - - Hardback
Apart from King James's correspondence the editors have succeeded in collating in this single volume a diverse selection of his writings that includes poetry, prose and political writings. The correspondence would have required a whole book. - £47.50Lady Anne Halkett: Selected Self-Writings - - Hardback
Lady Anne Halkett's intense engagement with contemporary social, political and religious changes makes her writing more than simply the record of an individual woman's life. This edition of selections of her writings offers a new angle on her life and writing that will be of interest to literary scholars, historians and linguists. -
£70.00Letters Of Sir Robert Moray To The Earl Of Kincardine, 1657-73 - - Hardback
The collection of manuscript letters by Sir Robert Moray which has long been known as the Kincardine Papers is owned by the Earl of Elgin. This book contains 124 of his letters to Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine. - £110.00The Manuscripts Of Adam Ferguson - - Hardback
This volume contains a newly-edited cache of over 30 essays on a diverse range of topics from the renowned philosopher, Adam Ferguson, a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. It aims to set the essays more fully in the history of western philosophy, to which they made an important contribution.