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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
192426039Musselburgh Scotland: Bruntons 1924. Black and white photograph depicting an engineering design room men women workers; calendar on the wall identifies & dates Bruntons Wire & Wire Rope October 1924. No studio or photographer noted. Photo approx. 6" x 8" size glossy gelatin print. Mounted on 9 1/2" x 12 1/4" size cardstock; mount card darkened some corners soft; photo sharp well-taken and in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Bruntons paperback books
16254028<p>Scotland: 17th c. after 1625</p><p>Folio: 30.6 x 20 cm. 107 lvs. mostly numbered in a contemporary hand: 3 1-8 10-50 1-7 1-34 13 misbound 36-42 1 43-48 48 misbound</p><p>UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT.</p><p>Unpublished manuscript consisting of 107 full-page Scottish coats-of-arms each hand-painted over an underlying generic engraved template. The bare-bones template has minimal detail helm with mantling outline of a blank shield empty compartment with flourishes and serves only as a uniform foundation over which elaborate individualized crests are painted. The first three coats-of-arms are those of royalty and are painted on leaves without the engraved template.</p><p>Bound in 18th century reverse calf in fine condition corners lightly bumped small chip to foot of spine a few signs of wear to lower board. The painted lvs. have been interleaved twice once with lvs. contemporary with the manuscript and again at the time of rebinding in the 18th century. Both sets of blanks present. The volume is in overall very good condition. Two of the paintings have been smudged no. 16 in the first sequence and the unnumbered leaf in the 3rd sequence. One leaf no. 2 in 3rd sequence is torn with loss. There are some early minor paper repairs some a bit crude a few longer clean tears no loss and some smaller tears at the head and foot of scattered leaves. The colors are on the whole very fresh. Individual elements unicorns squirrels mermaids "wild men" and in one instance beavers and Native Americans are painted with nuance and in minute detail.</p><p>Provenance: Bookplate of Thomas Hamilton 1721-1794 7th Earl of Haddington Hadinton. The Hadington arms with the motto "Praesto et presto"I undertake and I persevere are painted on folio 35 first sequence. The title was created in 1627 and bestowed upon the Scottish lawyer and judge Thomas Hamilton First Earl of Melrose d. 1637.</p><p>The volume opens with the arms of Scotland those of the King of Scotland and England and those of the Prince of Wales.</p><p>The manuscript dates to after 1625 the year in which the poet and courtier William Alexander was made 1st Earl of Stirling ca. 1567-1640. Alexander was involved in the Scottish colonization of Nova Scotia and the Stirling arms prominently feature a beaver a Native American and a mermaid. </p><p>Condition notes: old repairs to lvs. 15 18 20 21 51 in first sequence. Leaf 2 3rd sequence torn with loss. Tears to leaf 7 3rd sequence Leaves 16 and 1 smeared. Other minor marginal tears.</p> 17th c., after books
