The lavves and actes of Parliament : maid be King Iames the First, and his svccessovrs kinges of Scotland

The lavves and actes of Parliament : maid be King Iames the First, and his svccessovrs kinges of Scotland

The lavves and actes of Parliament : maid be King Iames the First, and his svccessovrs kinges of Scotland

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Edition Details

  • Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Scotland
  • Language: English
  • Jurisdiction(s): Scotland
  • Publication Information: At Edinbvrgh : Imprented be Robert VValde-graue prenter to the Kinges Majestie, 15. Martii. anno dom., 1597
  • Publication Type (Medium): Legislative proceedings, Laws, Genealogies, Bookplates (Provenance), Inscriptions (Provenance), Insertions (Provenance), Annotations (Provenance), Dictionaries
  • Type: Book
  • Other titles: Laws, etc. (Laws and acts : 1424-1597)
  • Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/the-lavves-and-actes-of-parliament-maid-be-king-iames-the-first-and-his-svccessovrs-kinges-of-scotland/ (Stable identifier)

Short Description

[5], 162, 178, [100] leaves : geneal. table ; 27 cm (fol. in 6s)

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Useful for students learning an area of law, The lavves and actes of Parliament : maid be King Iames the First, and his svccessovrs kinges of Scotland is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

  • Publisher: Imprented be Robert VValde-graue prenter to the Kinges Majestie, 15. Martii. anno dom
  • Responsable Person: visied, collected and extracted furth of the register ; the contentes of this bvik, are expremed in the leafe following.
  • Publication Date: 1597
  • Country/State: Scotland
  • Number of Editions: 6 editions
  • First edition Date: 1597
  • Last edition Date: 1597
  • General Notes: Title vignette (coat of arms); ornamental border at head of title; head-pieces; factotum and decorative initials.
    Signatures: 5 leaves unsigned, a-z?, aa-dd?, A-Z?, Aa-Cc? Dd? Ee-Gg?, ²A-D? ²E-F? ²G² ²H-S? ²T? [d?, g?, g?, l?, Cc? Dd? signed D?, G?, G?, L?, C?, D?, D?].
    Leaves 25, 46 and 74 of 1st sequence, 160 of 2d sequence and [22] of 3rd sequence are blank.
    Added t.p., engraved, with full-length portraits of King James VI and his Queen, and his son Prince Henry; also medallion portraits of the first five James’s and Queen Mary of Scots.
    “In libri frontispicivm” signed Tho. Cragivs: verso of 1st unsigned leaf.
    “The contentes of this bvik” (recto of 4th unsigned leaf)–lists 6 items.
    Latin dedication signed: Johannes Skene.
    “The race of the Kings of Scotland, since Malcolme the second, Kenneth the thrids sonne”: folded chart bound between ²F? and ²F?.
    “Ane table of the principall maters …” signed at end in ms.: Jo: Skene.: ²A-E? recto.
    “Faultes escaiped in the printing”: ²E? verso.
    Item 5 of contents has special t.p. with title: De verborum significatione …, collected and exponed be M. John Skene: ²H-T?recto.
    Item 6 of contents wanting; never printed? Cf. J.F.K. Johnstone. Bibliographia aberdonensis, 1929. p. 101.
    Leaves 12, 144, 146, and 153-154 of 1st sequence; 73 and 172 of second sequence are wrongly numbered 11, 142, 149, and 152-153; 67 and 170.
    Includes index.
    Inscription on T? verso: This buik pertems to the richt honourable Johne Halyburtoun of Murhouse? 2: Sept: 1602.
  • Languages: English, Scots
  • Library of Congress Code: KD532
  • OCLC: 25066045

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