Lot 104
£429
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Edinburgh: printed for Bell and Bradfute, booksellers to the Faculty of Advocates; and for E. Balfour, 1797. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary tan calf, red morocco labels, half-titles, bindings slightly rubbed and marked [ESTC T98602]
Note: Surprisingly uncommon in libraries and in commerce, the Commentaries of Hume, nephew of the philosopher, were the 'foundational statement' (ODNB) of Scots criminal law.
Provenance: Dictionaries of the Scots Language (with associated bookplates).