Copy of ‘The Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ by Sir George MacKenzie, 5th edition (Edinburgh, 1719), octavo, interleaved with folio leaves, with brief marginalia and textual underlinings written on some of the printed pages and a much larger number of notes written on the interleaves, as far as folio 120, the remainder being blank.
Scope and Contents
Further notes are written on folios ii-v which were found loosely enclosed at folios 15, 53 and 101 and which have been tipped in at folios 2-4. The notes, almost all of which refer to legal decisions of the later 17th century (the latest reference (folio 14 verso) is dated 1708) are written in the same hand throughout. It does not appear to be that of Alexander Hume, Lord Polwarth (later A H Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont), whose bookplate is pasted to the verso of the title page, but the notes may have been written for him.
A letter 1757 of George Chalmers, Writer to the Signet (folio i) is tipped in at folio 1.
Dates
- Creation: ?Late 17th century-1719.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (253 + printed pages. Octavo. Interleaved with v + 146 folios. Folio.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Pasted inside the front cover are the bookplate of `The Right Honorable George Rose` and the book label of the Advocates` Library. The manuscript was bought by the Advocates’ Library in 1912.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 11 05 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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