A history of Greater Britain, as well England as Scotland, compiled from the ancient authorities by John Major, by name indeed a Scot, but by profession a theologian, 1521.
Editor:
Translated from the original Latin and edited with notes by Archibald Constable. To which is prefixed a life of the author by Aeneas J. G. Mackay.
Contents:
Up to c. 1515. From Paris 1521 and Edinburgh 1540 editions. Major (or Mair) is primarily concerned with Scottish history and Anglo-Scots relations. Also bibliographies of the works of Major and his disciples, and transcripts of the Latin prefaces of Major's works, 1508-30, edited by Thomas G. Law.