Lot 103
Hume, David [Baron Hume of Ninewells (1757–1838)]
Volume of manuscript notes from Hume's lectures on Scots law at Edinburgh, 1811
£202
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Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
8vo, contemporary mottled half calf, title ('Notes of Hume's Lecture's') gilt to spine, 206 ff., written on rectos only, with headings including 'Introduction' (ff. 1-9), 'Of marriage' (9-70), 'Relation between Parent & Child' (70-101), 'Of Relation between Minors and their Tutors and Curators' (102-157, including a section on 'Curators to Lunatics'), 'Of Master and Servant' (158-173), 'Of Obligations in General' (174-181) and 'Contract of Sale' (181-206), edges untrimmed, binding rubbed
Footnote
Note:
David Hume (1757-1838), nephew of the philosopher, was appointed professor of Scots law at the University of Edinburgh in 1786. He was appointed Baron of the Exchequer in 1822, and is usually known as Baron Hume to distinguish him from his uncle. He was the outstanding law professor of his generation, and his lectures on private law, the subject of these notes, 'were highly praised and students flocked to them ... Hume forbade publication of his lectures, but copies circulated and they were cited in court, many of his pupils reaching the bench ... The lectures recast Scottish private law ready for the nineteenth century' (ODNB).
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