Extracts from the Report made by Henry Jardine, Esquire, His Majesty's Remembrancer in Exchequer, relative to the Tomb of King Robert Bruce, and the Church of Dunfermline.
communicated to the Society [of Antiquaries in Scotland] on the 10th Dec. 1821
by Henry Jardine
Edinburgh, 1821.
4to [27x22cm]. pp21 [435-455] + 4 engraved plates. a bit of browning to the plates, otherwise in good clean condition, . owner's name to front free end-paper.
extracted from the 1821 volume of the Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries in Scotland and finely bound by Edmonston and Douglas of Edinburgh in full tan straight-grain morocco, lettered and decorated in gilt, rubbed to the spine and edges. hand-written title-page inserted. owner's name to front free end-paper.
a graphic account of the 1818-1819 excavation and re-internment within the ruins of Dunfermline Abbey, of the remains of Robert the Bruce. Modern-day archaeologists would no doubt tear their hair out on reading the methodology.
