Transcriber’s Notes Because there are so many Footnotes, these have been moved to the end of the Introduction and renumbered in sequence from #1. Variant spelling of Scots words have been left as printed. When the caret ^ mark has been used within a word, this indicates that the letter to the right of the mark will be raised in the original. The equals sign (=) around a word or numbers (e.g. =162=) indicates that they will show as bold in the final project. 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_ [Illustration] OLD AND RARE SCOTTISH TARTANS WITH HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTICES BY DONALD WILLIAM STEWART F.S.A. SCOT. [Illustration] EDINBURGH: GEORGE P. JOHNSTON MDCCCXCIII EDINBURGH: GEORGE WATERSTON AND SONS, PRINTERS. PREFACE. Two main objects have been kept in view in the preparation of the present volume. The first was to render generally accessible some of those beautiful but comparatively unknown examples of old tartans represented in family portraits, miniatures, and relics, as well as in the few collections of tartans which exist in the country, and to set forth all that could be definitely ascertained regarding their origin and history. To carry this out efficiently, it was necessary to obtain the permission of the families possessing representations and examples of the tartans to inspect them, and to visit the different localities in Scotland in which they are preserved, for the purposes of examination and illustration. By the courtesy of the owners every facility and aid was given in the work of recording and identifying the setts, and in no case where permission was asked to reproduce a tartan was it refused. This preliminary work extended over a period of several years, in the course of which the Editor believes he allowed few collections to escape his notice. From the great number of setts now in his note-books he found the utmost difficulty in making the selection for the present work, and the exigencies of space alone have compelled him, to his regret, to omit many rare, beautiful, and historic examples he would willingly have included.