Item #144234 THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN MAITLAND, DUKE OF LAUDERDALE (1616-1682). John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, W. C. MacKenzie.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN MAITLAND, DUKE OF LAUDERDALE (1616-1682).
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN MAITLAND, DUKE OF LAUDERDALE (1616-1682).

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN MAITLAND, DUKE OF LAUDERDALE (1616-1682).

Pp. xvi+524, frontispiece portrait, plus 3 plates, errata slip tipped-in at page 2, index; navy cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, boards lightly flecked, with small stain to lower board near top edge; top edges purple, others uncut; inked ownership inscription at head of upper free endpaper, small chip to bottom edge of several leaves, a couple of tiny ink stains, a little light foxing; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., London, 1923. First edition. *Biography of the Scottish politician who, after the Restoration, was one of the chief ministers of King Charles II. Maitland became Charles's principal administrator in Scotland and a member of the king's ministry known as the Cabal. He was notorious for the ruthlessness with which he suppressed Covenanters who resisted the restoration of episcopacy in Scotland. Item #144234

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