The Decisions of the English Judges, During the Usurpation, From the..
Collection of Civil-War Era English Decisions [Great Britain]. [Court of Session, Scotland]. The Decisions of the English Judges, During the Usurpation, From the Year 1655, To His Majesty's Restoration, And the Sitting Down of the Session in June 1661. Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1752. [iv], 243, [1] pp. Title page preceded by advertisement leaf. Folio (12-1/2" x 7-3/4"). Recent library buckram, gilt institution name to boards, red and black lettering pieces to spine, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to extremities. Library stamps to edges, preliminaries and rear endleaves, moderate toning to text, recent repair to upper corner of title page. $200. * Only edition. Preceded in coverage only by those of Sir Alexander Gibson, Lord Dury (Durie) [d. 1644], these are the earliest reports of the Court of Session, Scotland's supreme civil court. According to the Advertisement (p.ii), these reports were based on a anonymous manuscript in the library of the Faculty of Advocates. English Short-Title Catalogue T32180.
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