Forbes's Journal of the Lords of Council and Session, 1705-1713 Forbes, William [d. 1745]. A Journal of the Session. Containing the Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, In the Most Important Cases, Heard and Determin'd from February 1705, Till November 1713: And the Acts of Sederunt Made in that Time. With A Preface, Containing an Historical Account of the Session, And the Form of Proceeding Therein; And An Alphabetical Abridgment of the Whole. Observed and Compiled by William Forbes Advocate, Professor of Law in the University of Glasgow. By Order of the Dean and Faculty of Advocates. Allowed by the Lords to be Printed for the Publick Good. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, 1714. [iv], lii, 735, [1], 104 pp. Copperplate portrait frontispiece. Folio (13" x 8-1/2"). Contemporary calf, gilt rules to boards, lettering piece, gilt-edged raised bands and small early paper shelf label to spine. Rubbing to boards and extremities with wear to spine ends and corners, front joint cracked, rear joint starting, armorial bookplate of the Earls of Macclesfield to front pastedown, shelf number in early hand to front free endpaper, small embossed Macclesfield stamps to frontispiece, title page and a few other leaves. Title page printed in red and black. Light toning to interior, a few worm holes to gutter, light foxing and browning to a few leaves, light soiling to title page. $500. * First edition. Forbes was the first Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow, also dean, from 1714 until his death, also dean of the Faculty of Law, 1732 to 1734, and the quaestor of the University Library from 1736 to 1738. He was the first to teach Scots Law at a university. A second edition of his Journal was published in 1763. Our copy of this title belonged to the Earls of Macclesfield. Housed in Shirburn Castle, near Watlington, Oxfordshire, theirs was one of the finest private libraries in Great Britain. It also includes the portrait frontispiece included in a few copies of this work. English Short-Title Catalogue T78865. Seller Inventory # 75729

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Title: A Journal of the Session, Containing the ...

Publication Date: 1759

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: 1st Edition

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