1714 1ed Jacobite SPY George Lockhart Treaty Union Scotland Melville PROVENANCE

1714 1^ed Jacobite SPY George Lockhart Treaty Union Scotland Melville PROVENANCE

George Lockhart was an early 18^th-century Jacobite politician known for his role in the 1707 commencement of England and Scotland as one union, more commonly called the Treaty of Union. Though, interestingly, Lockhart acted as a spy for the Jacobites, feeding them insider knowledge about the events of the commencement, most of which was evident in his anonymous “Memoirs”.

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LOCKHART, George

Memoirs concerning the affairs of Scotland, from Queen Anne’s accession to the throne, to the commencement of the Union of the two kingdoms of Scotland and England, in May, 1707

London: Printed : And sold by J. Baker, 1714. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • Memoires – xxx, 420 (i.e., 404)
  • Key to the Memoires – 23, [1]
• References: ESTC T 39120
• Provenance:
  • Armorial bookplate – Melville
    • Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, PC, FRSE (1742–1811) was the trusted lieutenant of British prime minister William Pitt and the most powerful politician in Scotland in the late 18th century. Dundas was instrumental in the encouragement of the Scottish Enlightenment, in the prosecution of the war against France, and in the expansion of British influence in India. His deft and almost total control of Scottish politics during a long period in which no monarch visited the country led to him being nicknamed “King Harry the Ninth,” among others. He was, however, a controversial figure, such as when his Bill passed in 1792 for the gradual abolition of the British transatlantic slave trade over four years, at a time when the leaders of the abolitionist movement sought an immediate end to the slave trade and the West Indian interests opposed any abolition at all. Motto: QUOD POTUI PERFECI
  • Armorial bookplate – Rev. Adam Elliot A.M.
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 12.5cm)

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