The Ancient Laws of Scotland 1609
The Ancient Laws of Scotland 1609
Regiam Majestatem Scotiae Veteres Leges Et Constitutiones, Ex Archivis Publicis, Et Antiquis Libris Manuscriptis Collectae, Recognitae, et Notis Juris Civilis, Canonici, Nortmannici Auctoritate Confirmatis, Illustratae, Opera & Studio Joannis Skenaei, Regiae Majestati a Conciliis & Archivis Publicis. Annotantur In Margine, Concordantiae Juris Divini, Legum Angliae, et Ivris Novissimi Scotiae Quod Acta Parliamenti, Vulgo, Vocant Catalogum Eorum Quae in His Libris Continentur Vicesima Pagina, Indicat. Cum Duplici Indice, Altero Rerum, Altero Verborum Locupletissimo. Edinburgi, Excudebat Thomas Finlason, Anno Domini, 1609.
The Royal Majesty of Scotland: Ancient Laws and Constitutions, Collected from Public Archives and Ancient Manuscript Books, Reviewed and Illustrated with Notes from Civil, Canonical, and Norman Law, Confirmed by Authority, by the Effort and Study of John Skene, Advisor to the Royal Majesty on Councils and Public Archives. In the Margins are Annotated the Concordances of Divine Law, the Laws of England, and the Latest Laws of Scotland, Which Are Commonly Called Acts of Parliament. A Catalogue of the Contents of These Books is Indicated on Page Twenty, With a Double Index, One of Matters and the Other a Very Comprehensive Index of Words. Edinburgh, Printed by Thomas Finlason, in the Year of Our Lord, 1609.
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Size: 197 x 273 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[t.p., 9ff., 172ff., 17pp., ff.18-122, 1ff.]
Full brown calf with gilt borders to both boards, and a gilt title with decorative gilt to the spine. Binding lightly rubbed and scuffed. Front board detached. Rear board attached with cracked joint and hinge, thus fragile. Shelf and edge wear. Page edges dulled. Bookseller sticker attached to the bottom of the front pastedown. Text block lightly toned with occasional pencil marginalia and foxing. Headcap partially detached.