Auchinwalls, John Facsimile of the National Covenant Subscribed by the Heritors, Ministers, & People of the Sheriffdom of Linlithgow in the Year 1638, with a Copy and Modernised Version of the Text Also a Letter & Memorandum Relative Thereto , Edinburgh: Privately Printed by Andrew Baxendine & Sons, 1926.

First & Only Edition Thus. Quarter Buckram. Fine/Toned. Sm Folio Signed, Limited Edition Hardback, 225mm x 353mm tall (9" x 14" approx.). The fine, multi-folding facsimile of the Document, measuring 40" wide by 30" high approximately, and printed on a very high-quality parchment paper is contained within a pocket inside the front cover, and is accompanied by the 28pp Translation and Memorandum, all printed on untrimmed mould-made paper. The volume is fine and unopened, in the original quarter white buckram/grey paper-covered boards/black-printed title labels, with a set of duplicate labels tipped-in to the rear endpapers. The original plain white paper dust-wrapper, although edge-chipped and somewhat browned, has functioned well in preserving the book in its almost pristine condition. The limitation statement, signed by hand for Andrew Baxendine & Sons, reads; "This edition consists of one hundred numbered and signed copies, the plates and type having been destroyed - No. 78". The Linlithgowshire copy of the National Covenant of Scotland was handed to the Laird of Dundas in 1638 "to be keipitt" after having been signed by the nobles, barons, ministry, gentry and people of the shire. This interesting document remained from that time in the possession of the Lairds of Dundas, without changing hands, until 1924, when it became the property of Alex. Wallace, Esquire, J.P. of Whitehill, Aberdour, Fife. Mr Wallace presented the document to St. Giles Catheral, where it may now be seen in the Ante-Chapel of the Chapel to the Thistle. (Book ref. 003799)  £225.00

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