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PRIMROSE, Archibald, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929). A List of Persons Concerned in the Rebellion… With a Preface by the Earl of Rosebery… Edinburgh: Privately Printed for the Earl of Rosebery, 1890. 8vo. [xx], [1]-439, [5, blank] pp. Publisher’s white paper backstrip over boards (spine perished, binding worn, soiled, some gutters overopened, some soiling, foxing in text). Good. PRIVATE EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 25 LARGE PAPER COPIES, THIS COPY PRESENTED TO “THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF SEAFIELD” BY ROSEBERY IN HIS HAND. Rare. This is a comprehensive list of the Scottish rebels who participated in the Jacobite Rising in 1745, when Charles Stuart tried to re-take the British throne for his father, James. With an introduction by Rosebery, the Prime Minister from 1894-95.