Transcriber’s Notes
Because there are so many Footnotes, these have been moved to theend of the Introduction and renumbered in sequence from #1.
Extra page numbers have been added to the ‘TARTANS’ section so they canbe linked to the ‘TARTANS: with descriptive notices’ section, numberedpage 1a to page 45a.
Variant spelling of Scots words have been left as printed.
Changes made are noted at the end of the book.
OLD AND RARE
SCOTTISH TARTANS
Impression limited to Three Hundred copies:
250 on Dutch hand-made paper, demy 4to
of which this is number 162 and
50 on Whatman’s hand-made paper, royal 4to
OLD AND RARE
SCOTTISH TARTANS
WITH
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTICES
BY
DONALD WILLIAM STEWART
F.S.A. SCOT.
EDINBURGH: GEORGE P. JOHNSTON
MDCCCXCIII
PREFACE.
TWO main objects have been kept in view in the preparation of thepresent volume.
The first was to render generally accessible some of those beautifulbut comparatively unknown examples of old tartans represented in familyportraits, miniatures, and relics, as well as in the few collectionsof tartans which exist in the country, and to set forth all that couldbe definitely ascertained regarding their origin and history. To carrythis out efficiently, it was necessary to obtain the permission ofthe families possessing representations and examples of the tartansto inspect them, and to visit the different localities in Scotlandin which they are preserved, for the purposes of examination andillustration. By the courtesy of the owners every facility and aid wasgiven in the work of recording and identifying the setts, and in nocase where permission was asked to reproduce a tartan was it refused.This preliminary work extended over a period of several years, in thecourse of which the Editor believes he allowed few collections toescape his notice. From the great number of setts now in his note-bookshe found the utmost difficulty in