1821 Memoirs of the Rebellion in 1745 and 1746

Description

Early Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Leather Binding

The second edition of this work, first published the year prior.

Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and one further portrait plate. Collated, complete.

A first-hand narrative of the Jacobite rising written by James Johnstone, a Scottish officer who served as aide-de-camp to Prince Charles Edward Stuart. The work recounts the prince's landing, the march into England and the battles of Prestonpans, Falkirk and Culloden, interwoven with the author’s personal experiences and reflections.

Rebacked, retaining original endpapers. With the bookplate of Francis E. B. Witts to the rear pastedown.

With the bookplate of English writer and expert on country houses James Lees-Milne to the front pastedown. Lees-Milne worked for the National Trust from 1936 to 1973, and was an architectural historian, novelist and biographer. His memoirs remain in print to this day.