first edition
1597 · Edinburgh
Edinburgh: Imprented be Robert Walde-grave prenter to the Kinges Majestie, 15. Martii, Anno Dom. 1597, 1597 First edition. With a later owner's name in ink on blank verso of title, "Robert Dalryample, 1733." 5 works in 1 volume. Quarto. 10¼x7 inches. Folios [3], 1-162, 1-178, [20], [1], 40. [4] + 17 pages + leaves [24], [2], 34, folding genealogical table (some repair to verso), [78]. Numerous historiated initials as well as decorative chapter head and tail pieces. Coats of Arms to titles, a few neat contemporary ink annotations throughout. Repair to portion of fore-edge of D1 and D2. Two-inch circular repair to blank portion of primary title. A few pages misnumbered, but collated complete. Newer binding of half polished calf, brown cloth sides, crimson morocco spine label. A fine copy. The legislative record of the Scots parliament, included in which is the first Scots law dictionary ("De verborum significatione") of ancient Scottish legal terms, complied by Sir John Skene. This important work is bound with Laws and Acts of Parliament (Edinburgh, 1611); The XXI Parliament (1612); The XXII Parliament (1617); and The XXIII Parliament (1621)..
(Inventory #: 8120)