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Stuart (Andrew) Genealogical History of the Stewarts, half-title, folding table, 3 plates, bookplate of George Harrison on front pastedown, neat marginalia in an early hand on a few ff., occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, gilt with Greek-key border, rebacked preserving backstrip, extremities lightly rubbed, corners slightly bumped, printed for A. Strahan, 1798 § Genealogy of the Stewarts Refuted: In a Letter to Andrew Stuart (The), Edinburgh, printed for Bell & Bradfute and G.G. & J. Robinson, 1799, bound with Stuart (Andrew) Supplement to the Genealogical History of The Stewarts, with Corrections and Additions, ?lacking half-title, bookplate of George Harrison on front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt with Greek-key border, printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1799, together 2 works in 1, 2 Autograph Letters signed by Hugh Blair and William Robertson, friends of the author, both dated August 1799 tipped in, § Noble (Mark) An Historical Genealogy of the Royal House of Stuarts, folding table, bookplates of John Whitefoord Mackenzie to front pastedown and T. Dawson Brodie to first blank, lacking half-title, scattered foxing, closed tear to S2 & H4 affecting text, contemporary speckled calf, upper cover working loose but still firm, slightly faded, backstrip and joints a little rubbed and nicked, printed for R. Faulder, 1795, first editions, [ESTC T109576; T100298; T108305; T135771], 4to (3) ⁂ 4 ff. of Autograph Letters signed by Hugh Blair and William Robertson dated 1799, the year of publication of Stuart's response to the Refutation of his first book, both congratulating the author on the success of his book. Hugh Blair writes that he was sent the Refutation and claims "never was there any thing in print more illiberal, petulant, and presumptuous" and that although he doesn't know the identity of the author, "whoever he might be, he was not a gentleman".