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1794rif. 752691794. Dalrymple's Biographies of the Lords of Session Scotland. Court of Session. Dalrymple Sir David 1726-1792 Compiler. A Catalogue of the Lords of Session From the Institution of the College of Justice In the Year 1532. With Historical Notes. Edinburgh: s.n. 1794. iv 18 42 pp. Quarto 10" x 8-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning light foxing to a few leaves small penciled "24" to foot of title page internally clean. $450. Second expanded edition. An important figure in Scottish law and letters Dalrymple Lord Hailes 3rd Baronet of Hailes was an advocate judge and historian. The present work is one of the earliest comprehensive biographies of the members of the Court of Session covering the period from 1532-1793. First published in 1767 it was revised and expanded again in 1798. All editions are scarce. OCLC locates 2 copies of the second edition in North America 1 in a law library Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue T62289. unknown
1767rif. 738931767. Edinburgh: Sands Murray and Cochram 1767. Edinburgh: Sands Murray and Cochram 1767. Dalrymple's Biographies of the Lords of Session Scotland. Court of Session. Dalrymple Sir David 1726-1792 Compiler. A Catalogue of the Lords of Session From the Institution of the College of Justice In the Year 1532. With Historical Notes. Edinburgh: Printed by Sands Murray and Cochram 1767. iv 17 1; 26 pp. Quarto 10" x 7-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in recent buckram gilt title to spine edges rouged. Minor bubbling to rear board hinges reinforced. Moderate toning to interior occasional light foxing mostly to margins light soiling in a few places somewhat heavier to title page and final leaf light creasing to margins of a few leaves. Ownership signature "David Brown" and early annotation to title page additional ownership inscription "Geo: Martin- from a friend-" to head of p. 1 later and early manuscript corrections and additions some quite extensive in a few places affected by trimming on p. 22 of the second section only. $450. First edition. An important figure in Scottish law and letters Dalrymple Lord Hailes 3rd Baronet of Hailes was an advocate judge and historian. The present work is one of the earliest comprehensive biographies of the members of the Court of Session. It was revised and expanded twice in 1794 and 1798. The annotations and corrections to our copy mostly to the Catalogue both follow the pasted-in errata slip and add some 39 names from 1775-1816. OCLC locates 4 copies of the first edition in law libraries Harvard Yale University of Cincinnati University of Virginia. English Short-Title Catalogue T117992. unknown
1757rif. 739411757. Decisions of the Court of Session 1735-1796 Scotland. Court of Session. Decisions of the Court of Session From the Month of November MDCCXXXV. Edinburgh: Printed by G. Hamilton & J. Balfour 1757. ii 2 216 pp. Lacking second part pp. 217-460 covering decisions from 1739-1744. With Davidson Robert Compiler. Douglas David Compiler. Decisions of the Court of Session From November 1792 to July 1793. By Appointment of the Faculty of Advocates. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute 1794. ii 155 1 9 3 pp. With an appendix and index. Complete. And Davidson Robert Compiler. Douglas David Compiler. Decisions of the Court of Session From November 1794 to July 1795. By Appointment of the Faculty of Advocates. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute 1796. ii 293-434 2 2 pp. With an appendix and index. Complete. Publisher advertisement to verso of title page. And Davidson Robert Compiler. Douglas David Compiler. Decisions of the Court of Session From November 1792-July 1796. By Appointment of the Faculty of Advocates. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute 1798. ii 435-538; 13-23 25 pp. Lacking first parts pp. 1-434 covering decisions from 1792-1795 and corresponding portion of appendix. Publisher advertisements to final leaf. Folio 13-1/2" x 8". Together four items housed in attractive 14-1/4" x 8-3/4" quarter imitation morocco clamshell case with raised bands and lettering pieces to spine. Original plain wrappers item 4: recent wrappers edges untrimmed items 2 and 3 have contrasting paper spines with printed labels. Light soiling to wrappers spines of items 2 and 3 worn spine ends abraded. Light toning occasional light soiling and spotting a few cracks to text blocks all leaves secure minor worming to last quarter of item 1 without loss to legibility. $450. The Court of Session is Scotland's supreme civil court. The Faculty of Advocates is a body of advocates lawyers admitted to practice in the courts of Scotland. Primarily issued in parts the decisions included here span time frames from 1735-1739 1792-1793 1794-1795 and 1795-1796 with the Court's term lasting from June to November. The first compilation presumably the first of two parts has been attributed by some to Lord Kames 1696-1782 the leading Scott. unknown
1794rif. 752691794. Dalrymple's Biographies of the Lords of Session Scotland. Court of Session. Dalrymple Sir David 1726-1792 Compiler. A Catalogue of the Lords of Session From the Institution of the College of Justice In the Year 1532. With Historical Notes. Edinburgh: s.n. 1794. iv 18 42 pp. Quarto 10" x 8-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning light foxing to a few leaves small penciled "24" to foot of title page internally clean. $450. Second expanded edition. An important figure in Scottish law and letters Dalrymple Lord Hailes 3rd Baronet of Hailes was an advocate judge and historian. The present work is one of the earliest comprehensive biographies of the members of the Court of Session covering the period from 1532-1793. First published in 1767 it was revised and expanded again in 1798. All editions are scarce. OCLC locates 2 copies of the second edition in North America 1 in a law library Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue T62289. unknown books
1767rif. 738931767. Edinburgh: Sands Murray and Cochram 1767. Edinburgh: Sands Murray and Cochram 1767. Dalrymple's Biographies of the Lords of Session Scotland. Court of Session. Dalrymple Sir David 1726-1792 Compiler. A Catalogue of the Lords of Session From the Institution of the College of Justice In the Year 1532. With Historical Notes. Edinburgh: Printed by Sands Murray and Cochram 1767. iv 17 1; 26 pp. Quarto 10" x 7-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in recent buckram gilt title to spine edges rouged. Minor bubbling to rear board hinges reinforced. Moderate toning to interior occasional light foxing mostly to margins light soiling in a few places somewhat heavier to title page and final leaf light creasing to margins of a few leaves. Ownership signature "David Brown" and early annotation to title page additional ownership inscription "Geo: Martin- from a friend-" to head of p. 1 later and early manuscript corrections and additions some quite extensive in a few places affected by trimming on p. 22 of the second section only. $450. First edition. An important figure in Scottish law and letters Dalrymple Lord Hailes 3rd Baronet of Hailes was an advocate judge and historian. The present work is one of the earliest comprehensive biographies of the members of the Court of Session. It was revised and expanded twice in 1794 and 1798. The annotations and corrections to our copy mostly to the Catalogue both follow the pasted-in errata slip and add some 39 names from 1775-1816. OCLC locates 4 copies of the first edition in law libraries Harvard Yale University of Cincinnati University of Virginia. English Short-Title Catalogue T117992. unknown books
1757rif. 739411757. Decisions of the Court of Session 1735-1796 Scotland. Court of Session. Decisions of the Court of Session From the Month of November MDCCXXXV. Edinburgh: Printed by G. Hamilton & J. Balfour 1757. ii 2 216 pp. Lacking second part pp. 217-460 covering decisions from 1739-1744. With Davidson Robert Compiler. Douglas David Compiler. Decisions of the Court of Session From November 1792 to July 1793. By Appointment of the Faculty of Advocates. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute 1794. ii 155 1 9 3 pp. With an appendix and index. Complete. And Davidson Robert Compiler. Douglas David Compiler. Decisions of the Court of Session From November 1794 to July 1795. By Appointment of the Faculty of Advocates. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute 1796. ii 293-434 2 2 pp. With an appendix and index. Complete. Publisher advertisement to verso of title page. And Davidson Robert Compiler. Douglas David Compiler. Decisions of the Court of Session From November 1792-July 1796. By Appointment of the Faculty of Advocates. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute 1798. ii 435-538; 13-23 25 pp. Lacking first parts pp. 1-434 covering decisions from 1792-1795 and corresponding portion of appendix. Publisher advertisements to final leaf. Folio 13-1/2" x 8". Together four items housed in attractive 14-1/4" x 8-3/4" quarter imitation morocco clamshell case with raised bands and lettering pieces to spine. Original plain wrappers item 4: recent wrappers edges untrimmed items 2 and 3 have contrasting paper spines with printed labels. Light soiling to wrappers spines of items 2 and 3 worn spine ends abraded. Light toning occasional light soiling and spotting a few cracks to text blocks all leaves secure minor worming to last quarter of item 1 without loss to legibility. $450. The Court of Session is Scotland's supreme civil court. The Faculty of Advocates is a body of advocates lawyers admitted to practice in the courts of Scotland. Primarily issued in parts the decisions included here span time frames from 1735-1739 1792-1793 1794-1795 and 1795-1796 with the Court's term lasting from June to November. The first compilation presumably the first of two parts has been attributed by some to Lord Kames 1696-1782 the leading Scott. unknown books
1832rif. 729711832. Executed after a Failed Insurrection Trial. Scotland. Mackenzie Peter 1799-1875. Wilson James Defendant 1760-1820. The Trial of James Wilson For High Treason With an Account of His Execution at Glasgow September 1820 Etc. Etc. Now Respectfully Submitted to the Consideration of the Reformers of Glasgow By Their Faithful and Devoted Servant The Exposer of the Spy System &c. &c. Glasgow: Printed and Published by Muir Gowans & Co. 1832. 48 pp. 3 parts in one with continuous pagination. Octavo 8" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning more moderate to pp. 17-32 light foxing and soiling in a few places. $450. Only edition issued first as three parts and then a composite edition. Wilson a Scottish radical and would-be revolutionary led a march on Glasgow after being fed information by British government spies who claimed that England was in the midst of an insurrection and that the French were assisting the rebels. This was not the case and upon his return Wilson was arrested and executed in August of 1820. Mackenzie was a journalist who wrote about the British infiltration of radical networks. OCLC locates 11 copies of this title 4 in North America Harvard Princeton New York Public Library Queens University. Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature 27585. unknown
1832rif. 729711832. Executed after a Failed Insurrection Trial. Scotland. Mackenzie Peter 1799-1875. Wilson James Defendant 1760-1820. The Trial of James Wilson For High Treason With an Account of His Execution at Glasgow September 1820 Etc. Etc. Now Respectfully Submitted to the Consideration of the Reformers of Glasgow By Their Faithful and Devoted Servant The Exposer of the Spy System &c. &c. Glasgow: Printed and Published by Muir Gowans & Co. 1832. 48 pp. 3 parts in one with continuous pagination. Octavo 8" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning more moderate to pp. 17-32 light foxing and soiling in a few places. $450. Only edition issued first as three parts and then a composite edition. Wilson a Scottish radical and would-be revolutionary led a march on Glasgow after being fed information by British government spies who claimed that England was in the midst of an insurrection and that the French were assisting the rebels. This was not the case and upon his return Wilson was arrested and executed in August of 1820. Mackenzie was a journalist who wrote about the British infiltration of radical networks. OCLC locates 11 copies of this title 4 in North America Harvard Princeton New York Public Library Queens University. Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature 27585. unknown books
1818rif. 000211Constable & Co. Ltd, Edinburgh 1818. 1. Auflage Halbleinen/Hartkarton. Sehr gut
1821rif. 38011821 broché petit in-octavo (paperback in-octavo), dos et couverture marrons clairs imprimés et illustrés (brown spine and cover printed and illustrated), gouttière long papier (fore-edge - great papier), illustrations : 3 dessins de Isabey - 2 planches dessinées et enluminées par Bory de Saint-Vincent et d'une carte itinéraire de Monsieur de Cailleux et du portrait d'un Chef de Clan (3 drawings of Isabey - 2 plates of Bory de Saint-Vincent and intinerary map of Mister de Cailleux and portrait of a chieftain), 335 pages, 1821 à Paris Chez J.-N. Barba Libraire,
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1912rif. 717Edinburgh: Cambridge University Press 1912. First edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 5 x 7 1/4 inches. lvi 698 numbered pages a 4 leaves lacking a1 initial blank b 16 leaves C 8 leaves 1-21 in 16s 22 14 leaves. All page edges rouged and gilt. An interesting unrecorded variant of Griffiths 1912/2 and 1912/3. Bound in full flexible black leather with gilt cross on front cover and gilt "Common Prayer Scotland / Cambridge" on spine. Pasted inside the rear cover is a manuscript letter dated 18th March 1913 from E.H. Dowden the niece of the noted Irish poet professor and literary critic Edward Dowden whose brother was Bishop of Edinburgh addressed "Dear Dr. Hart" regarding the new Scottish BCP and the effect of the printer's strike upon it and the Scottish Chronicle noting "how useful your American Revision Reports have been" and the current state of revision of the Lectionary among other related subjects also included is a letter from James Pott American agent for Cambridge Univ. Press notifying Dr. Hart of the forwarding of the New Scottish BCP. From the library of Samuel Hart which experienced a fire that damaged a number of books. As a result items from Hart's library are extremely rare. Samuel Hart 1845-1917 was dean of the Berkeley Divinity School the unofficial "middle way" seminary of the Episcopal Church at Middletown Connecticut. In 1886 he became the third custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. In 1892 he became secretary of the House of Bishops. In 1898 he became the fourth historiographer of the Episcopal Church. He served in all three of these offices until his death. In 1893 he was elected Bishop of Vermont but he declined the office. A unique association copy with related correspondence. Cambridge University Press unknown
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2020rif. 10228Barcelona; M. Moleiro 2020 2020. Hard Cover. Folio pp. 349 3. Parallel text in French and English. Illustrated throughout. Bound in full scarlet cloth over boards with black titles and ornaments to upper board and spine with scarlet woven place-marker. In a black and scarlet pictorial dust-jacket. Very minimal light shelfwear to dust-jacket. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust-jacket. Scholarly commentary by leading academics on the historical context production and provenance of the Isabella Breviary Add. Ms. 1851. The breviary is an example of the most exuberant phrase of Flemish manuscript illumination with it's exquisite artwork being having been attributed to several significant miniaturists including the Master of the Dresden Hours active in Bruges ca. 1480�1515 and the Master of James IV of Scotland ca. 1488�1525. The 2020 book is edited and published by the luxury Spanish printing house of Moleiro with their reproductions being described by the Times as "The Art of Perfection" and is lavishly illustrated with 290 high quality full colour illustrations. Barcelona; M. Moleiro, 2020 hardcover
rif. 21969March 1761. Three pages folio fold marks closed tears minor damage text clear and complete. List giving Date of the Gift and then a brief description. For example "1716 Febrry 27 Gift of the Chamberlaincy of Fyfe. To the Earl of Rothes" the list concluding on Page 3 "1755 Decem.17 Pension of £500 out of the Lordship of Ross in favours of Sir Henry Monie Bart." Three such records are finally listed under the heading "Chancery Record" the first being "1707 Gift to the Earl of Roseberry of the Island of Garrie upon the Firth of Forth" followedin the same year by the gift of "the Island or Rock called the Bass at themouth of the Firth." Total gifts listed c.55 12 of which have a cross beside them in the left margin most involving Fen Duties. March 1761 unknown
1835rif. 46401683Paris, Dentu, Edimbourg, Blackwood, Leipsick, Bossange, Prague, Ryba, 1835 ; in-4, demi-maroquin vert à coins, dos lisse orné, filets dorés sur les plats. 137 pp., 30 lithographies et 1 fac-similé.ÉDITION ORIGINALE. Récit du voyage en Ecosse fait par le jeune fils de la duchesse de Berry en exil en Angleterre avec la famille royale “pour faire une utile diversion à ses études.” Ruines de Lochleven et du château de Bothwell, loch Ness, cascades de Bruar et de Dunkeld, défilé de Killicrankie, lacs Ericht, Awe et Leven, Culloden... Ce bel album romantique nous emmène dans les sites sauvages de l’Écosse que les lecteurs avaient appris à connaître à travers les romans noirs.Exemplaire dans une élégante reliure, qq. rousseurs, fente sans manque au faux-titre.
rif. 29958Stuttgart Dans la Librairie de J. G. Cotta 1819 in 8 (20,5x12,5) 2 volumes reliures basne fauve à coins de l'époque, dos lisses, pièces de titre et de tomaison de cuir marron (ors passés), 619 pages (sur 624), notre volume se termine avec le mot: Fin, en bas de page, 2 mors du tome 1 faibles, petite tache brune dans la marge des pages, 450 à 466, et 567 à 590 du tome 2. Les 4 plats sont ornés au centre du fer doré armorié de: '' The Society of Writers to the Signet ''. Edition originale. Johann Ludwig Kluber, 1762-1837. Bon exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
rif. 27382Londres 1764 in 12 3 volumes reliures plein veau fauve de l'époque, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre de maroquin rouge, pièces de tomaison beiges, tranches teintées bleues, petite restauration ancienne sur 2 mors. Tome 1: XXVIII et 400 pages et 4 faux-feuillets non chiffrés. Tome 2: 398 pages et 5 faux-feuillets non chiffrés. Tome 3: 489 pages et 6 faux-feuillets non chiffrés. William Robertson, 1721-1793, universitaire et historien écossais. Première édition française, traduite par Besset de la Chapelle. Bel exemplaire
1979rif. 007446Edinburgh : A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar 1771 c1979 1979. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 3 volumes :160 plates including facsimiles maps music; some folded ; 27 cm ; by a society of gentlemen in Scotland.; LC: AE5.E3631771 ; OCLC: 277954529 ; 5 raised bands spine labels in red and black leather with decorations and lettering in gold rubric textblock ; an exact facsimile of a 3-volume set of the 1st edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica reproducing the plates with foxing ; "For three years sections of the encyclopaedia were issued periodically. The first two numbers came in December 1768 . The first volume 'Aa' to 'Bzo' was completed and bound in 1769 the second 'Caaba' to 'Lythrum' a year later and the third 'Macao' to 'Zyglophyllum' in 1771"--Herman Kogan The great EB./ Edited by William Smellie who was employed by Colin Macfarquhar publisher and Andrew Bell engraver./ "In order to give some idea of the materials of which this dictionary is composed we shall conclude the preface with a list of the principal authors made use of in the compilation."--Preface.; thick heavy volumes ; FINE Edinburgh : A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1771, c1979 hardcover
1785rif. 11154A Genève et se trouve à Paris, chez Paul Barde / chez Moutard, chez Mérigot le jeune, 1785. 2 volumes in-8 de XV-375-[2] et VI-[2]-328-[2] pages, demi-veau brun à coins, dos lisses ornés de filets, intiales, roulette, titre ("Voyages au Nord") et tomaison dorés.
1892rif. 2310London, Edinburgh, and New York, T. Nelson and Sons, 1892. 1 vol. (148 x 200) de [71 ff.] (non paginé), demi-basane rouge, plats plastifiés à motifs écossais, 1er plat orné d’une vue d’Edimbourg, tranches dorées. Dos et coiffes frottés, petit accroc à la coiffe inf., quelques rousseurs.
19213 portfolios National Art Survey of Scotland Hardcover Very good condition
rif. 32481Dundee: Valentine & Sons Ltd N.D. First Edition. Hardcover. 1920s. 18 pages of plates. MacGregor Tartan cloth with red leather label lettered in gold affixed to the front panel and red label on rear pastedown endpaper. The views include Queen's Cross the General Post Office Wallace Statue the Old Machar Cathedral Aberdeen University and more. Light fading to spine else a fine copy. ; 5.2 x 4 cm. Valentine & Sons, Ltd hardcover
1923rif. ABE-8460921606Chicago: Published by Albert Whitman Co. 1923 HBDJ 1923 First Edition THUS~~ VG-/GOOD AS-IS 12mo. Measures 7 3/8 inches tall by 5 5/8 inches wide. Hardcover bound in orange cloth with a blue and orange pictorial pastedown on the front cover MATCHES DJ ILLUSTRATION and with the original blue and orange dust jacket. DustJacket shows some rubbing and wear and general soiling 7 Tiny Chips Tears Extremities. Book has some pale spotting Fade on the boardsEdges from damping. There is no damping inside the book. A sound copy with secure inner hinges and clean text. One illustration on page 23 above the poem entitled "Rain" has similarities to the old Morton Salt Girl which appeared on the front of the blue salt containers since the 1910s. A lovely and scarce book. . Blue cloth color illustrated paper panel affixed to front within black border illustrated kraft endpapers in green ink 127 pgs plus a page listing the other 24 "Just Right Books" including fifty illustrations in color by Sue Seeley. DJ protected in a new archival clear plastic cover Dust jacket is moderately agetoned Color Illus; One looks like MORTON SALT GIRL Illustrated with drawings in B/W as well as with colors in tan brown or orange. Green & White Illustrated Endpapers FOXED Color Frontispiece Preface. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Chicago: Published by Albert Whitman Co. hardcover
1923rif. 26947Chicago: Published by Albert Whitman Co. 1923 HBDJ 1923 First Edition THUS~~ VG-/GOOD AS-IS 12mo. Measures 7 3/8 inches tall by 5 5/8 inches wide. Hardcover bound in orange cloth with a blue and orange pictorial pastedown on the front cover MATCHES DJ ILLUSTRATION and with the original blue and orange dust jacket. DustJacket shows some rubbing and wear and general soiling & Tiny Chips Tears Extremities. Book has some pale spotting Fade on the boardsEdges from damping. There is no damping inside the book. A sound copy with secure inner hinges and clean text. One illustration on page 23 above the poem entitled "Rain" has similarities to the old Morton Salt Girl which appeared on the front of the blue salt containers since the 1910s. A lovely and scarce book. . Blue cloth color illustrated paper panel affixed to front within black border illustrated kraft endpapers in green ink 127 pgs plus a page listing the other 24 "Just Right Books" including fifty illustrations in color by Sue Seeley. DJ protected in a new archival clear plastic cover Dust jacket is moderately agetoned Color Illus; One looks like MORTON SALT GIRL Illustrated with drawings in B/W as well as with colors in tan brown or orange. Green & White Illustrated Endpapers FOXED Color Frontispiece Preface. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Sue Seeley. Chicago: Published by Albert Whitman Co. hardcover
