D. Thomae Cragii de Riccarton, equitis, in senatu Edinburgensi patroni celeberimi & jurisconsultissimi, jus feudale, tribus libris comprehensum: : Quibus non solùm consuetudines feudales, & praediorum jura, quae in Scotia, Anglia, & plerisque Galliae locis obtinent, continentur; sed universum jus Scoticum, & omnes ferè materiae juris clarè & dilucidè exponuutur, & ad fontes juris feudalis & civilis singula reducuntur. In qua singulae diegeses, sive librorum capita, in paragraphos distinguuntur, praemissis unicuique eorum summariis: textuum praeterea ex S. S. scriptura, jure canonico, civili, feudali & Municipali, cùm ab Auctore allegatorum, tum aliorum eodem pertinentium ioca ab illo praetermissa, in inferiori pagina fideliter adnotantur. Ubi etiam mutationes ab auctoris temporibus in jure nostro ex statutis publicis factae, quatenus materia ferebat, breviter subjiciuntur. Accessit rerum & verborum index locupletissimus, unà cum regularum seu axiomatum juris in hoc opere sparsim adhibitorum sylloge, ac vocabulorum forensium interpretatione. Opera & studio Jacobi Baillie Advocati..
Craig, Thomas,Sir,1538-1608.
Baillie, James,1660-1747
Robert Burnet,1592-1661.
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland),former owner.StEdNL: ICAS.F18
Edinburgi, : Apud Tho. & Walt. Ruddimannos,,
MDCCXXXII [1732]
The index has separate pagination and register.
Titlepage in red and black.
Contains a Preface by Robert Burnet (afterward Lord Crimond), also a brief life of Thomas Craig.
ESTC
Contemporary Scottish binding of red goatskin, the covers tooled in gilt with a border composed of dog-tooth roll and a thistle and floral roll and featuring a centre diamond emblem comprised of roundels and semi-circles. The spine has been rebacked thus preserving the original spine and label. The spine is divided into seven panels with gilt scroll corners, the edges of the boards and turn-ins gilt tooled with thistle and bud roll. The endpapers are floral patterned Dutch gilt.
With a Trinity College Dublin prize label of 1766, and College stamp on the binding.
Craig, Thomas, Sir, 1538-1608.
Law
Scotland Edinburgh.