Item #343474 Letters of the Right Honourable Lady Jane Douglas; with several other important pieces of private correspondence: from all which the characters of that celebrated lady, and of her husband Sir John Stewart, will appear in a light hitherto not sufficiently known to the World: the whole drawn from the most authentic sources, collected, arranged, and illustrated with notes: together with an introductory preface, giving some account of Lady Jane Douglas; partly taken from a case drawn up by Alexander Lockhart Esquire, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates: to which are subjoined, the dying declarations of Lady Jane Douglas, Sir John Stewart, and their attendant Mrs. Helen Hewit, which have been much insisted on in Behalf of Archibald Douglas Esq.: with a cool and candid inquiry how far such Declarations should weigh with the rational Part of Mankind. Lady Jane. Stewart Douglas, Alexander, Sir John. Lockart Esquire.

Letters of the Right Honourable Lady Jane Douglas; with several other important pieces of private correspondence: from all which the characters of that celebrated lady, and of her husband Sir John Stewart, will appear in a light hitherto not sufficiently known to the World: the whole drawn from the most authentic sources, collected, arranged, and illustrated with notes: together with an introductory preface, giving some account of Lady Jane Douglas; partly taken from a case drawn up by Alexander Lockhart Esquire, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates: to which are subjoined, the dying declarations of Lady Jane Douglas, Sir John Stewart, and their attendant Mrs. Helen Hewit, which have been much insisted on in Behalf of Archibald Douglas Esq.: with a cool and candid inquiry how far such Declarations should weigh with the rational Part of Mankind

1767, First Edition. London: printed for J. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-yard. Poor copy in the original half leather over marble boards; wear and tear as with age. Front board missing. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Item #343474

Provenance; B.T. Watson, Esq. presentation copy. Physical description; 160 pages. Subjects; Right Honourable Lady Jane Douglas. Letters. Correspondence. 18th century correspondence.

Price: €225.00