Wade, James A. History of St Mary's Abbey, Melrose, the Monastery of Old Melrose, and the Town and Parish of Melrose , Edinburgh: Thomas C Jack, 1861

First edition. Elaborately embossed green cloth, gilt, bevelled edges, 8 plates, numerous other illustrations, index Pagination: xx, 21-400, 8 pp publisher's ads. Contents: Description of the parish of Melrose by Rev Adam Milne; History of St Cuthbert’s Chapel and the Monastery of Old Melrose, Newstead, Gattonside etc; The monks of Melrose; Melrose town, ancient and modern; Monachism, its orders and employments; Condition of a monk or nun in the olden times; Carta Regis David de Abbatia de Melros; Charter of King David to the Abbey of Melrose; Church symbolism, as exhibited in structure and design; Architectural description of Melrose Abbey; Historical summary and biography of the convent and abbots of Melrose. Book: exlib [Church of Scotland/Glasgow University) with labels to endpapers and stamps to title page, extremities bumped and rubbed, boards a little marked, prelims a little soiled but contents o/w clean, endpapers cracked, VG, Jacket: n/a (Book ref. 2999 )  £ 34.00

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