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Greenock: Printed For William Scott, 1810. Light rubbing and scuffing to boards, spine heavily scuffed with tiny amounts of loss to head and foot exposing headbands. Front and rear gutters and hinges cracked. Small neat period owner name to flyleaf, some foxing to frontis and title, else pp in very good order, pp clean and tidy, text block tight.. Full-Leather. Good Minus. 8vo.

London: Printed for J. Murray, 1783. Second Edition. Frontispiece portrait. (24), 475, (1); 312, 159, (30) pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf, red morocco spine labels. Upper board of Vol. II detached but present, else Very Good. Second Edition. Frontispiece portrait. (24), 475, (1); 312, 159, (30) pp. 2 vols. 8vo.

London: J. Murray and G. Robinson, 1784. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vols. Vol. I: frontis, [24], 475, [1 -- publisher's advertisement]. Vol. II: [2], 312, iv, [1], [5]-159, [32]p. Contemporary leather. 21cm. Joints tender. Minor foxing.

London: J. Murray, 1780. First edition. 4to. Portrait frontispiece by Sherwin after Donaldson. iv, [4], 265, [1], [2, catalogue] pp. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked, red leather spine label; some wear to board edges First edition, one of 750 copies printed, of Staurt's narrative history of the Scottish Reformation, notable for its Gothic-inflected prose style. "Where many contemporary historians emphasized the systematic, the rational, and the pragmatic, Stuart believed that a more sentimental, immediate, and intentional approach could better re-create historical verisimilitude" (Zachs, ODNB).REFERENCE: ESTC T96527

London, Printed for J. Murray...and J. Bell, at Edinburgh, 1780. FIRST EDITION. 4to, 288 x 225 mms., pp. [viii], 265 [266 blank], engraved (by Sherwin) portrait frontispiece (slightly off-setting on title-page), contemporary or slightly later half calf, marbled boards (rubbed and slightly soiled), gilt rules on spine, black leather label; lacking the final leaf of adverts, name "Middleton" rubber-stamped on title-page, front joint holding by cords, rear joint rubbed, corners a little worn. Published when Stuart was 36, Stuart's History was described in the Critical Review for March 1780 as resembling the histories of ancient writers, and his impartiality was praised. The Monthly Review for May, 1780 pronounced the work as the "clearest and most comprehensive, as well as the most entertaining performance that we have met with respecting this important branch of history." Zachs 272.