sentences:  The full title refers to the earlier work by Sir Robert Douglas, who in 1764 published a one-volume book, "The Peerage of Scotland".He was working on a second volume, but died in 1770 before it was completed.Editors finished the volume, and it was published in 1798 as "Baronage of Scotland, Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Gentry of that Kingdom".