The lauues and actes of Parliament, maid be King Iames the First, and his successours kinges of Scotland: : Visied, collected and extracted furth of the register. The contentes of this buik, are expremed in the leafe following..
Scotland.Parliament.
Skene, John,Sir,1543?-1617.
Skene, John,Sir,1543?-1617.De verborum significatione.1599.
Smith, Joseph,1674-1770,former owner.StEdNL: L.C.1221(1)
Scotland.Sovereign (1424-1437 : James I).Acts.
Scotland.Sovereign (1437-1460 : James II).Acts.
Scotland.Sovereign (1460-1488 : James III).Acts.
Scotland.Sovereign (1488-1513 : James IV).Acts.
Scotland.Sovereign (1513-1542 : James V).Acts.
Scotland.Sovereign (1542-1567 : Mary).Acts.
Scotland.Sovereign (1567-1625 : James VI).Acts.
At Edinburgh, : Imprented be Robert VValde-graue prenter to the Kinges Majestie.,
15. Martii. anno Dom. 1597..
A reissue of the 1597 edition, with "De verborum significatione" reprinted.
Signatures: 5 leaves unsigned, a-d⁶, e⁶ (e1 blank) f-g⁶, h⁶ (h4 blank) i-m⁶, n⁶ (n2 blank) o-z⁶, aa-dd⁶, A-Z⁶, Aa-Cc⁶, Dd⁴ (Dd4 blank) Ee-Gg⁶, A-D⁴, E⁶ (E6 blank) F⁶ G² H-S⁶.
Added title page engraved: The lawes, and actes of Parliament, maid be King Iames the First and his successours kings of Scotland: visied, collected and extracted furth of the register.
With an additional title page, engraved. One of the title pages is generally missing.
Signed on 2G5v by compiler: Joannes Skene [xylographic].
Includes, with caption title, A table of all the kinges of Scotland, declaring quhat zeir of the warld and of Christ they began to reigne, how lang they reigned, and quhat qualities they were of.
Includes, with separate title page, John Skene's De verborum significatione. Second edition.
"The first Parliament of King Iames the Sext" (caption title) has separate foliation and register. "Ane table of the principall maters conteined in this buik" (caption title) begins separate unfoliated register A-D⁴ E-F⁶ G² H-S⁶; within this register, "De verborum significatione .. be M. Iohn Skene ... The second edition" has separate title page dated 1599.
Parts of this are recorded as STC (2nd ed.) 22014 and 22623.
Includes through the fifteenth Parliament of James VI (1597).
The first leaf contains explanatory verses to the engraved title page.
Some copies have inserted folding leaf: 'The race of the kings of Scotland, since Malcolme the second, Kenneth the thrids [sic]'.
¹K2 and 2B4 are cancels.
Leaves e1, h4, n2, 2D4 and ²E6 are blank.
Includes index.
STC (2nd ed.)
Aldis, H.G. Scotland,
STC (2nd ed.)
STC (2nd ed.)
ESTC
Armorial bookplate on front pastedown: Joseph Smith British Consul at Venice.
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