£2,750
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair | 683
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
a collection of legal documents referring to trials in the Selkirkshire Sheriff's Court, 25 of which have been signed by Sir Walter Scott in his capacity as Baronet Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire; most of these include short legal assessments of the case in Scott's hand
Note: A collection of documents dating from around the 1810s-1820s. The cases, and subsequent comments, generally focus on minor legal matters, such as the repayment of debts and the unauthorised removal of dung from farmland!