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Monro (Donald, & others). Description of the Western Isles of Scotland, called Hybrides; by Mr Donald Monro ... who travelled through most of them in the year 1549 ... Now first published from the Manuscript. To which is added, I. An Account of Hirta and Rona; by the Lord Register Sir George Mckenzie of Tarbat, never before published. II. Description of Saint Kilda, by Mr Alexander Buchan ... III. A Voyage to Saint Kilda in 1697, by M. Martin, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Auld, 1774, occasional soiling, c.1900 dark green morocco gilt, 8vo (16.2 x 10 cm), together with: Martin (Martin). A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, 1st edition, London: for Andrew Bell, 1703, engraved folding map (with repaired closed tear), folding plate, text browned, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo (19.2 x 11 cm), ibid. A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, 2nd edition ('very much corrected'), London: for A. Bell [and others], 1716, engraved folding map, folding plate, map and plate each with repaired closed tear, bookplate of Victor Albert George Child Villers, 7th Earl of Jersey (1845-1915), contemporary mottled calf, rebacked retaining most of original spine, 8vo (19.2 x 11.5 cm) Anderson (James). An Account of the Present State of the Hebrides and Western Coasts of Scotland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for G. Robinson and C. Elliot, 1785, engraved plan, folding table, engraved folding map loose (browned, laid down, with crude tape-repairs and concomitant stains), occasional spotting, 20th-century pigskin backing early marbled boards, 8vo (21.1 x 12.6 cm), and another copy of Monro, Description of the Western Isles, 1774 (title-page damp-stained, some other spotting and soiling, edges untrimmed, 20th-century half calf) (Qty: 5) THE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC T90619 (Monro & others), T94240 (Martin, first edition), T31703 (Martin, second edition), T141551 (Anderson); Hanson 263 (Martin).