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1784AQ21445London: Printed for T. Becket 1784. 23pp 1. Disbound. Spotted and a trifle stained. Later manuscript date to foot of p.23. The first edition of a pamphlet issued by members of the Church of Scotland calling for the removal of legislation that required them when swearing upon a Bible in a court of law to kiss the book rather than merely raise a hand. ESTC T162178. First edition. 8vo. Printed for T. Becket unknown
1774AQ12340Edinburgh: Printed by A. Murray and J. Cochrane 1774. 2 70pp 2. With an engraved title-page. Recent plain paper wraps printed paper lettering piece. Very minor wear to extremities. Title a trifle soiled and chipped lightly foxed. An historical record of the missionary work undertaken in Scotland by the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge primarily concerning the state of education in the country as a whole and the Highlands in particular. Intriguingly there is included a chapter on the Society's proceedings on the eastern seaboard of America relating their attempts at converting members of the Indian nations both in terms of their successes and the difficulties encountered. ESTC T82929. First edition. Quarto. Printed by A. Murray and J. Cochrane paperback
17542201270026Edinburgh: William Hamilton 1754. Paperback. Good. Scottish Law Small pamphlet on the appointment of Lawyers in Scotland. 6 pages. Printed August 9 1754. Center crease. Edinburgh: William Hamilton paperback
172850632hEdinburgh: Mr. Thomas Ruddiman 1728. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary full tooled Cambridge paneled calf with raised bands and burgundy gilt title label to spine. Some minor professional restoration to binding. Edges and endpapers mildly toned. Otherwise a clean tight and unmarked book. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy of this scarce political Scottish Church tract. No half-title. vi242pp. Mr. Thomas Ruddiman Hardcover
179829839AB1798. First Edition. Aberdeen Printed for Isaac Forsyth Bookseller Elgin 1798. Octavo 14 cm x 215 cm. Folded hand-coloured Frontispiece-Map by William Millar Frotispiece-Engraving of the "Elgin Cathedral" VIII 353 pages. Original Hardcover / Original 18th or early 19th century leather with original spinelabel. The large hand-coloured Map with a minor tear only. Corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly starting but overall in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Interesting Provenance and signed manuscript dedication by the Cartographer and Mapmaker William Millar: From the library of Aberdeen Highlander Major Hugh Houstoun with a dedication: "April 27th 1798 - To Major Hugh Houstoun - from his Much obliged and Humble Servant William Millar". The fantastic Map in this publication was produced by William Millar who is identified inside the publication in the text of an Advertisement placed verso the titlepage and in which the Publisher Isaac Forsyth of Aberdeen gives thanks: ".For the very handsome manner in which the two first chapters were furnished by the Revd. Mr.Grant of Elgin and the other two by the Revd. Mr.Leslie of Darkland he offers this testimony of his grateful remembrance. Nor can he omit expressing his sense of obligation to Mr.William Millar Engineer of the Sutherland Coal Work for the Most accurate Map of the Province of Moray ever offered to public notice." The publication includes for example stories about the "First Inhabitants Celts Picts Scots Surnames in Moray Thanes Earls of Moray Family of Gordon Family of Grant Family of Shewglie Family of Innes Family of Brodie Family of Calder Family of Kilravock Family of Dunbars Family of Grangehill and Durn Family of Comyn of Altre Family of Fraser of Lovat Family of Mackintosh Family of Macpherson Family of Macdonalds of Glengary Family of Duff Earl of Fife Family of Gordonstown Family of Lethin Family of Findrassie Family of Murreffs of Duffus Population of Moray Antiquities of the Province with Roman Progress in Moray Vitrified Forts etc. etc. hardcover
177957356Rouen, Peter Machuel 1779 Texte en anglais avec traduction française en regard. 2 tomes en 1 volume. In-16 9 x 17 cm. Reliure de l’époque pleine basane fauve, dos à 5 nerfs, fers dorés, XXI + 247 - 301 pp. Dos cassé, coiffes usées, coins usés, mors internes fendillés, intérieur jauni, attaques de vers soutenues en pied de page ne gênant pas la lecture. En l’état.
1775AQ33308Edinburgh: s.n. 1775. 32pp. Uncut. Stitched as issued. Single old vertical fold. Very occasional marginal spotting. The sole edition in original state of an anonymous address concerning the Bill for altering the laws which regulate the qualifications of freeholders entitled to vote in the election of Members of Parliament for Scotland. ESTC records copies at 10 locations BL California Duke Huntington Kansas NLS Oxford Queen's Syracuse and Yale. ESTC T38311. First edition. 8vo. [s.n.] unknown
1739AQ19694Edinburgh: Printed by T. Lumisden and J. Robertson for J. Jaffray Book-seller in Stirling 1739. xviii 19-331pp 3. ESTC T79910. Bound with: Acts and Proceedings of the Associate Presbytery Met at Edinburgh May 1739. Edinburgh. Printed for J. Jaffray 1739. First edition. vi 7-60pp. ESTC T79917. And: ERSKINE Ebenezer. The sovereignty of Zion's King; in some discourses upon psalm ii. 6. Edinburgh. Printed by Alexander Alison for David Duncan 1739. First edition. 84pp. ESTC T75161. Copies recorded at four locations in the British Isles BL Edinburgh Oxford and St. Andrews and one further in Australia Melbourne. And: GUTHRIE James. The great danger of backsliding and Defection From Covenanted Reformation-Principles. In a sermon on Isaiah lvii. 13 14. Edinburgh. Printed by Thomas Lumisden and John Robertson for George Paton 1739. First edition 22pp. ESTC T76485. Copies recorded at five locations in the British Isles BL Edinburgh Glasgow Mitchell and NLS none elsewhere. And: HEUGH Hugh. Shaftsbury's Ghost conjur'd: or a letter to Mr. Francis Hutcheson Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow. Edinburgh s.i. 1738. First edition. 42pp. ESTC T180801. Copies recorded at three locations in the British Isles Edinburgh Glasgow and NLS and a further three in North America Newberry Presbyterian College and Princeton. And: SEWARD William. Drop-head title: Copy of a letter from Mr. William Seward in answer to a letter sent him by his Brother the Reverend Mr. Thomas Seward at Genoa. London s.n. 1739. First edition. 7pp 1. ESTC N67249. Copies recorded at two locations in the British Isles Lambeth and Wesley and a further two in North America Michigan and New York Historical Society. And: A vindication of the Church and Kingdom of scotland from any accession to the murder of King Charles I. Edinburgh. Printed for James Forest 1718. First edition. 27pp 1. ESTC T178779. Copies recorded at four locations in the British Isles BL Edinburgh Glasgow and NLS and a further three in North America Duke Folger and Yale. 8vo. Contemporary calf contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities heavily rubbed. Pen-trials to front endpapers occasional spotting and light dust-soiling damp-staining throughout second mentioned work with closed horizontal tear to final leaf. A sammelband of seven works predominantly printed at Edinburgh in the first half of the eighteenth-century and concerned with Presbyterianism in Scotland. Highlights include: Two remarkably scarce sermons one by influential dissenting minister and a founder of the Secession church Ebenezer Erskine 1680-1754; the other by James Guthrie c.1612- 1661 a Church of Scotland minister exempted from general pardon following the Restoration and subsequently executed on charges of high treason in part for being complicit in issuing a public testimony against religious toleration and regulations previously agreed to by Church and State. The first published work of Hugh Heugh son of John Heugh 1688-1731 minister of Kingoldrum criticising the teaching methods of moral philosopher Francis Hutcheson 1694-1746 during his tenure at the University of Glasgow. . First edition. Printed by T. Lumisden and J. Robertson, for J. Jaffray Book-seller in Stirling unknown
1701705511701. A Seventeenth-Century Scottish "Case Book" Scotland. Court of Session. Vallange John Editor. A Collection of Decisions Of the Lords of Council and Session In Two Parts. The First Contains Decisions From July 1661 To July 1666. Observ'd by Sir John Gilmour of Craigmiller President of the Colledge of Justice. The Second Part Contains Decisions from November 1681 To January 1686. Observ'd by Sir David Falconer of Newton President of the Colledge of Justice. Never Before Publish'd. Revised and Corrected According to the Most Authentick Manuscript Copies And Augmented with a Table of the Names of the Pursuer and Defender; And with a Table of the Matter Containing not Only the Determination of the Lords in the Cause But also the Positions of Law Made Use of in the Pleading Which May Serve for an Alphabetical Compend. As Likeways the Acts of Sederunt from 1681 to 1691. And Continued to 1696. With an Indice of the Same Acts. Edinburgh: Printed by James Watson For John Vallange Book-Seller 1701. 8 2 136 18; ii 80 16; ii 32; 15 3 pp. Three parts each with individual title page pagination and index. Copyright slip pasted to front endleaf two errata slips pasted to rear free endpaper. Quarto 8-1/4" x 6-3/4". Contemporary mottled calf with recent period-style plain-calf rebacking blind rules to boards gilt title and raised bands to spine hinges mended. Light rubbing to board edges corners bumped. Moderate toning light foxing in places final index leaf of Part I partially detached with moderate wear and a few chips to edges. $950. Only edition. With thorough subject indexes. This collection is notable because each decision is headed by a brief statement outlining its underlying legal principal. In this regard it is a forerunner to a casebook a point indicated in the title which says the reports contain "not only the determination of the lords in the cause but also the positions of law made use of in the pleading which may serve for an alphabetical compend" that is a student notebook of exemplary cases. English Short-Title Catalogue T78113. unknown books
