T and a Constable Ltd (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardback in very good minus condition.

Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable Ltd., 1936. Folio. Hannay, Robert Kerr, [1867-1940]. The Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet, with a List of the Members and Abstracts of the Minutes of the Society, the Commissioners and the Council and the Early History of the Scottish Signet. Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable Ltd., 1936. xii, 520 pp. Frontispiece. Folio (12-1/4" x 9"). Original red cloth with gilt stamped spine. Deckle edges. Top edge gilt. Moderately worn. Fading to spine and boards. Small tear to spine. Corner lightly bumped. Title page printed in red and black. Internally clean. $65. * This work details the origins and operations of the Scottish Society of Writers to the Signet, a private group of Scottish lawyers that was part of the College of Justice. Written by Scottish historian Robert Kerr Hannay (1867-1940), who served as the Historiographer Royal for Scotland and was Chair of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh. The book's contents include: A history of the Society of Writers to the Signet, a legal body that originated in 1594; An early history of the Scottish Signet, the private royal seal that the writers were entitled to use and supervise; A list of the society's members from its beginning through 1935; A list of the society's office-bearers; Abstracts of the minutes from the society, its commissioners, and its council. Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable Ltd., 1936. Folio. (illustrator). …