Lot 195

Court of Sessions, Practicks of.

Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
£598
Description
Annual Decisions of the Court of Sessions made from 1540 to 1574 by John Sinclair (d.1566), Bishop of Brechin and Lord President of the Court of Sessions, Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington (1496-1586), poet and judge, and Alexander Colville (d.1597), Abbot of Culross, Privy Counsellor and judge, 4to, seventeenth-century manuscript copy, 446pp., contemporary vellum binding, spine repaired, worn, upper hinge weak
Footnote
Provenance: Auckinleck library, pencil note; Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, gilt-stamped on covers
