A Catalogue of the Lords of Session, From the Institution of the...
Dalrymple's Biographies of the Lords of Session [Scotland]. [Court of Session]. [Dalrymple, Sir David (1726-1792), Compiler]. A Catalogue of the Lords of Session, From the Institution of the College of Justice, In the Year 1532. With Historical Notes. Edinburgh: Printed by Sands, Murray, and Cochram, 1767. [iv], 17, [1]; 26 pp. Quarto (10" x 7-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in recent buckram, gilt title to spine, edges rouged. Minor bubbling to rear board, hinges reinforced. Moderate toning to interior, occasional light foxing, mostly to margins, light soiling in a few places, somewhat heavier to title page and final leaf, light creasing to margins of a few leaves. Ownership signature ("David Brown") and early annotation to title page, additional ownership inscription ("Geo: Martin- from a friend-") to head of p. 1, later (and early?) manuscript corrections and additions, some quite extensive, in a few places, affected by trimming on p. 22 of the second section only. $450. * First edition. An important figure in Scottish law and letters, Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, was an advocate, judge and historian. The present work is one of the earliest comprehensive biographies of the members of the Court of Session. It was revised and expanded twice, in 1794 and 1798. The annotations and corrections to our copy, mostly to the Catalogue, both follow the pasted-in errata slip and add some 39 names from 1775-1816. OCLC locates 4 copies of the first edition in law libraries (Harvard, Yale, University of Cincinnati, University of Virginia). English Short-Title Catalogue T117992.
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