[Johnston, Sir Archibald, Lord Wariston]
A Short Relation of the State of the Kirk of Scotland since the Reformation of Religion
£504
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
to the Present Time for Information, and Advertisement to our Brethren in the Kirk of England. By an hearty Well-wisher to both Kingdomes. [Edinburgh, J. Wreittoun?], 1638. First edition, 4to (18.4 x 13cm), early-20th-century tan half calf by Riviere & Son, collates A-C4 (final blank C4 apparently original), small spill-burn in A4 affecting a word either side [STC 22039]
Provenance
The Library of a Scottish Gentleman
Footnote
A rare and important example of the printed propaganda campaign mounted by Lord Wariston in favour of the National Covenant which he together with Alexander Henderson had drafted in February 1638. The work has in the past been erroneously attributed both to James Melville and to John Leslie Earl of Rothes.