Spottiswoode, Sir Robert, Lord President of the Court of Session.
£658
Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
Description
Practicks of the Law of Scotland, manuscript copy, 361pp., and Information for James Maxwell, Lord Cranbourne agt. the Lady Carnagie, her husband and son, 44pp., 4to, seventeenth-century calf, rebacked, corners rubbed
Footnote
Footnote: Sir Robert Spottiswoode (1596-1646) became Lord President of the Court of Session in 1633. The work contains in contemporary handwriting a speech delivered by Sir Robert as President of the College of Justice to the Advocates of the Session in the year 1633 expressed in some instances in the Scottish vernacular and differing from the published edition of that speech.Provenance: John Girvan; Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, gilt stamp on covers.