Fragment of a copy, being pages 19-124 (containing Title I to Title VII of Book 1) of the first edition of ‘An Institute of the Law of Scotland’ by John Erskine, containing numerous additions throughout in an unidentified contemporary hand.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.3.17
Scope and Contents
Many of the additions in the outer margins are merely chapter headings, whilst most of those in the upper and lower margins are notes of legal cases heard after the publication of the book, as far as 1821 (folio 175). The longest additions are written on fragments or entire sheets of paper tipped in throughout. There are also a few later additions written in pencil in another hand.
Dates
- Creation: 1773-1821.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (65 folios. Mostly folio.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates.
Bibliography
Erskine, John. ‘Institute of the Law of Scotland’, 1st edition (Edinburgh, 1773).
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 28 05 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk