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MONRO, ROBERT. Monro His Expedition with the Worthy Scots Regiment (called Mac-Keyes Regiment)levied in August 1626 . . . and reduced after the Battaile of Nerling, to one Company in September 1634 at Wormes in the Paltz. [16], 89, [23]; 224, [18] (of [20]) pages; lacks final blank. Folio, 285x185 mm, attractively gilt- and blind-tooled brown calf circa 1820s-30s by Livett Cook with large panel of intersecting diagonal fillets filled in with small ornamental tools on covers, spine faded and rubbed, front joint starting at top; occasional toning, scattered light marginal foxing and soiling, leaves in gathering 2B shaved along bottom edge. London: William Jones, 1637
first edition of a Scottish mercenary's posthumously published memoir of his experiences fighting in the service of Denmark and Sweden during the Thirty Years War. Without a portrait of Gustavus Adolphus found in some copies. Cockle 138; STC 18022; Ramsden, London Book Binders, page 53.
