1902 An Historical and Descriptive Account of Lunan, Its Descent and Transmission from 1189 to 1849

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Limited Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

A vanishingly scarce limited edition work, one of only fifty copies produced, with this being out of series. This copy was presented to Lady Knowles (nee Constance Elmslie).

Lady Knowles was the widow of Major-General Sir Charles Benjamin Knowles KCB, was a British Army office. With the bookplate of Lady Knowles's daughter, Esme Bowker, to the front pastedown.

Illustrated with a vignette to the title page, and five further plates. Collated, complete.

A comprehensive local history of the barony and parish of Lunan in Angus, tracing its ownership, genealogy and land tenure from the grant of the lands to the Abbey of Arbroath in 1189 through to the mid-19th century.