Eighteenth Century Collections Online

Previous Section Next Section

The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, ... collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, ... Illustrated with copper-plates. By Robert Douglas, Esq;.

About this Item

Title
The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, ... collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, ... Illustrated with copper-plates. By Robert Douglas, Esq;.
Author
Douglas, Robert, Sir, 1694-1770.
Publication
Edinburgh :: printed by R. Fleming, and sold by him, and the other booksellers in Edinburgh; and at London by A. Miller, R. Baldwin, D. Wilson, and T. Durham,
1764.
Rights/Permissions

To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.lib.umich.edu/tcp/ecco/ for more information.

Link to this Item
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004896980.0001.000
Cite this Item
"The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, ... collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, ... Illustrated with copper-plates. By Robert Douglas, Esq;." In the digital collection Eighteenth Century Collections Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/004896980.0001.000. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

Pages

Page [unnumbered]

To the RIGHT HONOURABLE JAMES DOUGLAS Earl of MORTON, Lord ABERDOUR, &c. Knight of the most Noble Order of the THISTLE, Clerk Re∣gister for the Kingdom of Scotland, &c. &c.

MY LORD,

I Know not how the PUBLIC may receive the ensuing Work; but sure I am, they will not fail to applaud my Judgment in the Choice of a PATRON, eminent for encouraging every Undertaking that may tend either for the Honour or Interest of his Country: Allow me, therefore, the Honour to put the PEERAGE of SCOTLAND under your Lordship's Protection, and to subscribe myself,

MY LORD,

Your Lordship's most obliged, most devoted, and most obedient Servant, ROBERT DOUGLAS.

Do you have questions about this content? Need to report a problem? Please contact us.