1831 The Scottish Gael; or Celtic Manners Among the Highlanders : James Logan
1831 The Scottish Gael; or Celtic Manners Among the Highlanders : James Logan
The Scottish Gael; or Celtic Manners as Preserved Among the Highlanders
Published by Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1831. First Edition. Complete in Two Volumes. Quarter leather bindings with marble boards, 8vo, pp xxviii, 384; 436 pp. Collated complete with a frontispiece to each volume (one of a Scottish piper playing the bagpipes and the other showing two Highland Chiefs), an additional five hand-coloured plates, one monochrome plate, six leaves of sheet music, and numerous other illustrations throughout the text.
CONDITION
A good complete first edition. The leather bindings are good. All contents present to both volumes and pages good throughout. A little browning to the edges of the frontispieces and a little offsetting to the title pages. Plates all present and in good condition. Overall a good first edition.
James Logan (1797–1872) was a Scottish author on Gaelic culture, best known for his 1831 book The Scottish Gael.