A description of the Western Islands of Scotland : containing a full account of their situation, extent, soils, product, harbours, bays, tides, anchoring-places, and fisheries : the antient and modern government, religion and customs of the inhabitants, particularly of their druids, heathen temples, monasteries, churches, chappels, antiquities, monuments, forts, caves, and other curiosities of art and nature, of their admirable and expeditious way of curing most diseases by simples of their own product : a particular account of the second sight, or faculty of foreseeing things to come, by way of vision, so common among them : a brief hint of methods to improve trade in that country, both by sea and land : with a new map of the whole, describing the harbours, anchoring-places, and dangerous rocks, for the benefit of sailors : to which is added, a brief description of the Isles of Orkney and Schetland / by M. Martin, gent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Martin, -1719.

Contributor:

Baker, John, active 1680-1717, publisher.

Bell, Andrew, -1720?, publisher.

Taylor, William, -1723, publisher.

Warner, Thomas, -approximately 1734, publisher.

T. Varnam and J. Osborn, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hebrides (Scotland)--Description and travel.

Hebrides (Scotland).

Orkney (Scotland)--Description and travel.

Orkney (Scotland).

Shetland (Scotland)--Description and travel.

Shetland (Scotland).

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (donor)

Laing, William (autograph, 1737)

Lockhart, Eliott (bookplate)

Physical Description:

32 unnumbered pages, 392 pages, 2 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm (8vo)

Edition:

The second edition, very much corrected.

Fingerprint:

emce upod eai- paTH (3) 1716 (R)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for A. Bell ... T. Vernam and J. Osborn ... W. Taylor .. and J. Baker and T. Warner ..., MDCCXVI [1716]

Notes:

Signatures: a-b⁸ A-2A⁸ 2B⁴.

Engraved plates.

Title within border of double rules.

Errata on leaf b8v.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries copy has armorial bookplate of Eliott Lockhart on front pastedown; autograph of William Laing on front free endpaper (dated 1737) and on leaves L1r and U1r; early ms. correction to text on leaf E2v.

Penn Libraries copy bound in full calf; boards double-ruled in blind; 4 raised bands on spine; evidence of gold-tooling on spine; green silk marker; all edges stippled red.

Cited in:

ESTC T31703

OCLC:

719390