A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland. circa 1695. Edited with Introduction by Donald J. Macleod.
Stirling. Eneas Mackay. 1934. 8vo. 19cm, 4th edition, 540,4p., (publishers ads.), folding map in fore pocket, 2 original title-page facsimiles, 2 plates, map, dark blue cloth, gilt spine titles, worn on the spine edges, good to very good (Gar). Item #41357
~ Originally published in 1703, this 1934 edition has included "Martin's Voyage to St. Kilda" (1698) and Sir Donald Moore's "Description of the Western Isles" (1774). Martin's book is noted as accompanying Samuel Johnson and James Boswell on their famous tour of the Hebrides in April, 1773.
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