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An account of the islands of Orkney

12 unnumbered pages, 182 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, folded plate & map ; (8vo) · Signatures: A6 (unsigned, except A3: signed "A2"), B-M8, N4 · First published in Edinburgh, 1693, with title: A description of the isles of Orkney, by Master James Wallace, late minister of Kirkwall. The present edition, revised, with omissions and additions, including a chapter on the plants and shells of the Orkneys, was published by the author's son as his own. Cf. D.N.B · The "Essay concerning the Thule of the ancients" (p. 148-182) is by Sir Robert Sibbald. Cf. Watt's Bibl. Brit

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