A Methodical Treatise Concerning Bills of Exchange: Wherein is an...
The First Scottish Treatise on Bills of Exchange Forbes, William. A Methodical Treatise Concerning Bills of Exchange: Wherein is an Account of the Rise and Progress of Exchange; The Nature and Kinds of It Explained; The Prevailing Custom of Merchants, Illustrated and Confirm'd from Civil Law; The Authority of Lawyers and Writers Ancient and Modern; Foreign Statutes and Sentences of Courts; Scottish and English Acts of Parliament; And Decisions of the Lords of Session; And All Curious and Useful Cases, Questions and Controversies, Touching Bills Fairly Stated and Discussed, According to the Analogy of the Law of Scotland: With Incident Comparative Views of the Laws and Customs of England, And Other Countries. For the Benefit of the English, Our Law Terms are Explain'd by These Equipollent in Their Law. Corrected and Improved, With Large Additions. Edinburgh: Printed by John Mosman, William Brown and Mr. James Mceuen, For John Russell Writer, 1718. [iv], xi, [1], 227, [17] pp. Includes three-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (6-1/4" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing and a few tiny worm holes to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners, front board just beginning to separate but still quite secure, rear joint starting at ends, rear hinge cracked, rear free endpaper lacking. Moderate toning to interior, wormhole to foot of text block through leaf D1 (pp. 33-34), soiling and faint dampstaining to title page and following leaf, small later embossed stamp to head of leaf A1 (pp. 1-2). $450. * Second, final and best edition. First published in 1703, the Methodical Treatise Concerning Bills of Exchange was the first work on the subject published in Scotland. The second edition is preferred because it is a corrected and expanded work that reflects changes brought about by the Act of Union (1707), the act that united England and Scotland under the name of Great Britain. Forbes was the first Professor of Civil Law at Glasgow University. English Short-Title Catalogue T147016.
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