Lot 165
Law, A Collection
[Justinian] Corpus Juris Civilis
Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1663. 8vo, 2 volumes in one, contemporary embossed vellum, rebacked at an early date, vellum index-tabs pasted to fore margins, bookplate of William MacDonald of Castlesemple, small neat stamp of Douglas Gibson, from the Library of The Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Court of Scotland;
Nicholson, William Bishop of Carlisle. Leges Marchiarum, or Border-Laws. London: Hamilton and Balfour, 1747, 12mo, contemporary sheep, rubbed, front joint cracked;
[Scots law]. A Collection of Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session. [Bound with:] The Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, from November 1681, to January 1686. Collected by Sir David Falconer of Newton. [And:] The Acts of Sederunt of the Lords of Council and Session for the Year 1681, to 1691. Edinburgh: for John Vallange, 1701. 3 works in 1 volume, 4to, modern quarter cloth with 19th-century leather spine laid down, marbled sides, third work with loss to title-page;
Steuart, Sir James. Dirleton's Doubts and Questions in the Law of Scotland, Resolved and Answered. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1715. Folio, engraved portrait frontispiece, restoration to head and foot of spine, Dundas ownership inscription dated 1770 to front pastedown;
Craig, Sir Thomas, of Riccarton. The Right of Succession to the Kingdom of England. London: for Dan Brown [and others]. 1703. Folio, contemporary panelled calf, bookplate of Robert Groat MD;
Bever, Thomas. The History of the Legal Polity of the Roman State and of the Rise, Progress, and Extent of the Roman Laws. London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1781. 4to, upper cover detached;
Domat, Jean. Les loix civiles dans leur ordre naturel, suivies du droit public, etc. Nouvelle édition, revue et corrigée de nouveau. Luxembourg: André Chevalier, 1702. 2 volumes in 1, folio, contemporary calf, worn, ink stamps of the Solicitors before the Supreme Court Library, Edinburgh, effaced contemporary ink inscription to title-page;
Böckelmann, Johann Friedrich. Commentariorum in Digesta Justiniani Imp. pars posterior. A libro XX. ad librum XXVII. Utrecht: apud Antonium Schouten, 1694. 4to, contemporary blind-tooled vellum, engraved bookplate (MacLeod Bannatyne), dust-soiled, covers sprung;
Vinnius, Arnold. In quatuor libros institutionum imperialium commentarius academicus, et forensis. Lyon: typis Petri Bruyset, sumptibus Fratrum de Tournes, 1761. 2 volumes, 2to, contemporary calf, volume 1 front board detached, volume 2 front joint cracked;
Voet, Johannes. Commentarius ad pandectas … editio ultima accuratior. Cologne: Cramer, 1757. 2 volumes, folio, contemporary calf, rebacked;
Sanchez, Tomas. De sancto matrimonii sacramento disputationum … posterior et accuratior editio. Venice: apud Nicolaum Pezzana, 1712. 2 volumes in 1, folio, contemporary vellum, gilt supralibros of the Solicitors before the Supreme Court Library, Edinburgh to covers, related ink-stamps to half-title and title-page of volume 1;
Noodt, Gerhard. Opera Omnia. Leiden: apud Johannem vander Linden, juniorem, 1724. 2 volumes, folio, contemporary red sheep backing marbled boards, edges untrimmed, worn, volume 2 front board detached;
Boehmer, Just Henning. Corpus Juris Canonici Gregorii XIII. Halle: impensis Orphanotrophei, 1747. 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary mottled calf, half-titles, engraved frontispiece, gilt supralibros of the Solicitors before the Supreme Court Library, Edinburgh to covers, related ink-stamps to half-titles; the lot sold as seen (17)