Donald MacDonald’s “Collection of the Ancient Marital Music of Caledonia,” third edition

Donald MacDonald published his seminal “Ancient Martial Music of Caledonia” in 1822, beating Angus Mackay by 16 years. While it never achieved the importance of Angus Mackay’s book, it almost certainly stands in second place as a major early piobaireachd source. 

This is a third edition, published between 1822 and 1833, when the publisher ceased operation. The book cannot be dated more accurately than this. 

The book has a cover, but it is almost certainly not original. The cover is well affixed to the binding, but the title pages are loose. The binding is solid.  There is some slight show-through of the staves on the pages.