Full calf, contemporary panelled boards, rebacked with original spine relaid, five raised bands with contrasting label and gilt title. Folio, pp.[iv],xliv, 243 (1) iv, 60; frontispiece portrait of William Drummond. Includes A Life of the Author, The History and the Lives and Reigns of The Five James s, Kings of Scotland, a selection of Poems and many other writings. Bookplates of Sir George Stewart of Grantully, Bart, and Auchincruive to front pastedown. Previous owner s inscriptions on front endpaper. Boards a little scuffed, original spine crumbling at edges, corners bumped and light foxing throughout but otherwise in good condition. William Drummond is one of the sixteen poets whose portrait head appears on the Scott Monument in Princes Street in Edinburgh. ESTC no.T125750.