£120
2 vols., 8vo, pp. [ii], xxxi, [i], 282; [vi], [283]-639, [1]. Contemporary calf, spines divided by double gilt rules, red morocco labels, 4th compartments numbered direct in gilt, edges sprinkled red. Some scattered spotting. Spines crackled, some areas of insect damage to boards, front joints starting.
The fourth edition of Lindsay's history, the last before the Scottish Text Society's modern scholarly edition in the early 20th century, but the first to seriously consider the variations in the manuscript tradition - the editor was the antiquary Sir John Graham Dalyell - which includes over 15 surviving examples from a wide range of dates. The text continues Bellenden's Scots adaptation of Boece from 1437 until the 1570s, with a uniquely personal perspective since the Lindsay family were involved in much of this history.
