Results

Results 1 - 2 (of 2)

Item #16772 The Memoirs of Sir James Melville of Halhill. Containing an impartial Account of the...

MELVILLE, Sir James

The Memoirs of Sir James Melville of Halhill. Containing an impartial Account of the most remarkable Affairs of State during the Sixteenth Century ... Edited and with an introduction by Gordon Donaldson

London, Folio Society, 1969. Provenance: Professor T.G.H. Strehlow (University of Adelaide, 23 October 1969), with these details on the flyleaf. More

Add to Cart

Price (AUD): $50.00

Item Details

Add to Wish List

Ask a Question

Item #146920 The Memoires of Sir James Melvil of Hal-Hill; containing an Impartial Account of the...

MELVILLE, Sir James (of Halhill)

The Memoires of Sir James Melvil of Hal-Hill; containing an Impartial Account of the most Remarkable Affairs of State during the last Age, not mention'd by other Historians; More particularly Relating to the Kingdoms of England and Scotland under the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, and King James. In all which Transactions the Author was Personally and Publickly concern'd. Now published from the Original Manuscript. By George Scott, Gent

London, Printed by E.H. for Robert Boulter, 1683. The first edition of these memoirs by Scottish diplomat Sir James Melville who served at the courts of Mary Queen of Scots (for whom he acted as an envoy to Elizabeth I of England) and James VI and I. Provenance: Thomas Gibson-Carmichael..... More