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GENEALOGICAL DEDUCTION OF THE FAMILY OF ROSE OF KILRAVOCK, from the year 1290, written at the end of the Seventeenth Century, and now first printed from the original manuscript, continued to the year 1847, with illustrative documents from the Family Papers and Notes, Edited with Introduction by COSMO INNES. 4to, cloth, 30s. 1848 This work, enriched by a valuable Introduction, and edited by Cosmo Innes with all the care and erudition for which he was distinguished, will be found to afford matter of much higher and more general interest than is conveyed by the mere title. It is a most valuable and instructive contribution to the history of manners in the north during an eventful period of six centuries; and its illustrations of the last 200 years are especially copious. The volume throws much light on the general and social history of the district. 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