{"product_id":"odds-and-ends-a-scottish-sammelband-of-ten-works-including-bibliomania-and-the-stormontfield-piscicultural-experiments-edmonston-douglas-1865-1867","title":"Odds and Ends; A Scottish Sammelband of Ten Works, including Bibliomania and the Stormontfield Piscicultural Experiments. Edmonston \u0026 Douglas, 1865-1867","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn unusual and scarce collection of ten nineteenth-century Scottish pamphlets and essays, published in Edinburgh by Edmonston and Douglas between 1865 and 1867, principally drawn from their \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOdds and Ends\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series. Bringing together a remarkably diverse selection of subjects, the collection encompasses Scottish history and religion, Highland rural life, penal reform, education, literature, book collecting and early scientific experimentation. Contributors include the distinguished Scottish physician and essayist John Brown, the historian James Anthony Froude, and Robert Buist, whose account of the pioneering salmon-breeding experiments at Stormontfield on the River Tay is of particular historical interest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe latter work has a notable connection with Charles Darwin, who corresponded with Buist about his observations of salmon and subsequently cited his research in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Descent of Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1871). Another particularly appealing inclusion is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBibliomania\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an essay on the collecting and appreciation of books, while John Brown's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Enterkin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e recalls an episode from Scotland's turbulent Covenanting history. Together these separately published works form a fascinating miscellany of Victorian Scottish intellectual and cultural life, preserved in an attractive contemporary half-leather binding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComprising:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eConvicts by a Practical Hand, 1865; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Enterkin, by John Brown, M.D., 1865; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssays by an Old Man, No. 1, In Memoriam - Vanitas Vanitatum - Friends, 1865; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAddress delivered before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh on 3d November; The Influence of the Reformation on the Scottish Character, by James Anthony Froude, 1865; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLetters on the Education of Young Children, by S.G.O., 1866; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Stormontfield Piscicultural Experiments 1853-1866, by Robert Buist, 1866; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Tract for the Times, 1866; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Highland Shepherd, by the Author of ‘Sheep Framers and Drovers’, 1867; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBibliomania, 1867; and; \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Cakes, Leeks, Puddings and Potatoes’, A Lecture on the Nationalities of the United Kingdom, by George Seton, Advocate, 1865.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eAll printed by Thomas Constable for Edmonston and Douglas of Edinburgh, 1865-1867.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eA good (plus) hardback with dark green leather spine and corners. With an attractive red Morocco title label design to the spine with gilt. Boards with marbled paper. Covers are scuffed and bumped. Marbled endpapers, with front inner hinge starting to crack, but binding still secure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eSome spotting to endpapers and occasional light scattered spot to text, but overall text is bright and clean. Most of the works inside the book have illustrated title pages. A rare curio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e32pp + 32pp + 29pp + 32pp + (iv + 5-39pp) + 32pp + 31pp + 64pp + 39pp + 36pp.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDimensions: Approximately 166mm high x 118mm wide x 29mm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: approximately 389g.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56400417849729,"sku":"LAN10445","price":408.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/files\/OddsandEnds_AScottishSammelbandofTenWorks_includingBibliomaniaandtheStormontfieldPisciculturalExperiments.Edmonston_Douglas_1865-1867IMG_8206A.jpg?v=1792138222","url":"https:\/\/www.lannaantique.com\/en-us\/products\/odds-and-ends-a-scottish-sammelband-of-ten-works-including-bibliomania-and-the-stormontfield-piscicultural-experiments-edmonston-douglas-1865-1867","provider":"Lanna Antique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}