First Edition. 2 vol. Folio. 325 and 311 leaves collating in twos, titles printed in red and black.
Marvin, page 394.
Sweet & Maxwell V, page 44.
Old tree calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in both volumes; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Continuations and a Supplement were subsequently published in 1797 and 1805.
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Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 27, Judgment of the Lords of Session in the case of Hamilton and Douglass, 8vo.
The Speeches and Judgement of the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland, upon the important cause,
His Grace George-James Duke of Hamilton and others, Pursuers; against Archibald Douglas, Esq; Defender. Accurately taken down
and published by William Anderson Writer in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh: Printed by
Balfour, Auld, and Smellie, for
J. Balfour, Edinburgh;
T. Becket and
P. A. Du Hondt,
London,
m,d,cc,lxviii
. [1768.]
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8vo. 314 leaves, collating in fours.
Sheep, repaired, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
This work was entered by Jefferson in his manuscript catalogue, in his chapter 44, Oratory.
Archibald James Edward Douglas (
formerly
Stewart), 1748-1827. The Douglas case, a suit brought against him by the Duke of Hamilton, occupied the Scottish law lords for five
years, from 1762 to 1767. Douglas eventually won the case by a reversal of the first decision which had been lost by the casting
vote of the President. Numerous pamphlets on the case were published.
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Statutes of Ireland in force in 1678.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 68.
A Collection of all the statutes now in use in the Kingdom of Ireland; with notes in the margin: and a continuation of the
statutes made in the Reign of the late King Charles the First, of ever blessed memory: and likewise the Acts of Settlement
and Explanation . . . to the Dissolution of the Parliament, the seventh of August, 1666. As also a necessary table . . .
Dublin: Printed by
Benjamin Tooke,
m.dc.lxxviii
. Cum Gratia & Privilegio Regiæ Majestatis. [1678.]
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First Edition. Folio. 443 leaves collating in twos and in fours, printed chiefly in black letter.
STC I356.
Sweet & Maxwell IV, 12.
Dix, page 163.
Rough calf, gilt ornamental borders, back scorched. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress
1815 bookplate.
A second edition corrected was published in the same year.
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Frederician Code.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 25, as above.
The Frederician Code; or, a Body of Law for the Dominions of the King of Prussia. Founded on reason, and the Constitutions
of the Country. Translated from the
French. In
two volumes. Volume I [-II].
Edinburgh: printed by
A. Donaldson and
J. Reid, for
J. Richardson,
London, and
A. Donaldson, Edinburgh,
mdcclxi
. [1761.]
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