£200
The Eglinton Tournament. Aikman (James) & Gordon (W., illustrator), An Account of the Tournament at Eglinton, Revised and Corrected by Several of the Knights; Illustrated by Representations of the Various Scenes, from Sketches taken on the Spot, [...] with a Biographical Notice of the Eglinton Family; to which is prefixed a Sketch of Chivalry, and the Most Remarkable Scottish Tournaments, Edinburgh: Hugh Paton, 1839, printed in black-ruled double-columns, lithographed frontispiece and four double-page plates, scattered foxing, original cloth, upper-cover blocked in gilt, chipped, frayed and starting to split, with some movement, spine exposed in places, 4to
Scarce work describing the famous tournament at Eglinton Castle, in August 1839, given by the 13th Earl of Eglinton, and presided over by Lady Seymour as the Queen of Beauty. This entertainment is said to have cost £40,000 and to have made the Earl the most popular nobleman in Scotland.
Provenance: Robert Innes-Smith, 20th century armorial bookplate.
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