[Notes on the Acts of Queen Mary].
Dalrymple, David,Sir,1726-1792.
Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick,1781-1851,former owner.NLS
[Edinburgh? : s.n.,
between 1768 and 1792].
Leaves F1-[I3] of an unidentified text, possibly part of a planned but unpublished continuation of Dalrymple's "A specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland" (ESTC N068175) which covered the period from James I to James VI (see ESTC T198792), the text deals with Acts made in the reign of Mary Queen of Scots.
Bound with ESTC T26822 (Tyn.380(1)), on verso of front free endpaper on volume there is the following note made by former owner, Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe: This, and the following vols. contain proof sheets of sundry of Lord Hailes's works - corrected by himself - I purchased them from Speare the bookseller. N.B. the glossary [the word 'dictionary' is scored out] never was published.
With MS annotations by the author, David Dalrymple.
Caption title taken from MS note in 19th/20th-century hand at head of first leaf: Notes on the Acts of Queen Mary.
First line of text reads: It should seem, that the demand was made, and the negative returned, on the 6th March 1558-9; ....
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