Manuscript Fortune Telling Game In Buchanan (1762) Rerum Scoticarum Historia
Item History & Price
Reference Number: Avaluer:7590377 | Year Printed: 1762 |
Subject: History | Topic: Scotland |
Place of Publication: Abdredoniae | Author: George Buchanan |
Special Attributes: Manuscript fortune telling game |
Published by Typis Jacobi Chalmers, Abredoniae (Aberdeen), 1762
An 18th century edition of Buchanan's important work on Scottish history. Filled with manuscript additions. A manuscript through the final third of contents is a kind of crude fortune telling game. It is very rare to f...ind these manuscript fortune telling games in books. Players can flip through the pages to discover if they might be a 'chaise driver', 'an ensign', 'a drummer', or a 'dung monger' or 'a stupid brat' etc.
The book belonged to George Howie, who practiced his name and a bit of drawing in this volume. Some further signatures from different owners found within.