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.1597.
Hamilton, Robert,active 1642,former owner.StEdNL: H.33.c.32(1)
Nasmyth, Robert,of Netherton,former owner.StEdNL: H.33.c.32(1)
Shaw-Stewart, Michael Robert,7th Baronet,1826-1903,former owner.StEdNL: RB.m.64
Drew, Robert,Notary, of Glasgow,17th century,former owner.StEdNL: RB.m.64
Gowan, Robert,Notary, of Glasgow,17th century,former owner.StEdNL: RB.m.64
At Edinburgh, : Imprented be R. VValde-graue ...,
15. Martii. anno Dom. 1597..
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 T⁴.
Added title page engraved: The lawes and actes of Parliament, maid be King Iames the First and his successours kings of Scotland: visied and extracted furth of the register.
Compiled by John Skene.
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; and, with separate titlepage: John Skene's De verborum significatione.
Parts of this are recorded as STC (2nd ed.) 22014, 21877 and 22622.
Folding leaf inserted between sigs. 5F4 and 5F5: 'The race of the kings of Scotland, since Malcolme the second, Kenneth the thrids [sic.]'.
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Aldis, H.G. Scotland,
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Manuscript inscriptions on the flyleaf "Rhamilton" and "Rhamilton aucht this buike", both repeated thrice. Also inscription "Hic liber ad Robertum hamiltun suibam et...desperta[?]". Manuscript inscription on folio 110 (2nd foliation) "Robert hamiltone manu mea 22 septembris anno 1642". The copy is imperfect, folios 66-7 being supplied in manuscript apparently by Hamilton. Manuscript inscription on folio 120v (1st foliation) "Robert nasmy in the nathirtoun[?]". Manuscript inscription in 17th century hand on folio 140r "Robert Nasmythe in neyirtoun". Manuscript inscriptions apparently by Robert Nasmythe on folio 4, 69, 108, 116, 127, 145v, 161v of the 2nd foliation.
Bookplate on the front pastedown "Sir Michael R. Shaw Stewart". Inscriptions on f. 4 "R drew" and on f. 60 "Robert drew aught this buike" in a 17th-century hand. Bound in inside both covers are gatherings of leaves on which are written legal notes and accounts, consisting of excerpts from Balfour's "Practicks" (ff. 10-20, corresponding to pages 477-501 and ff. 23-36 corresponding to pages 403-31 of the 1754 edition), notes entitled "Some of our consuetudis and practiques" (f. 39) and "Rules out of Durie's "Practiques" (f. 43) at the front of the volume; at the back of the volume, there are indexes to acts of Parliament (ff. 1, 8), notes on legal topics (ff. 17, 21) and a copy of Hope's "Minor Practiks" (between ff. 35v and 60, written upside down). Most of these writings appear to be in the hand of Robert Govan, whose name (also in a 17th-century hand), appears at the front of the volume (at f. 3) and whose initials, together with the arms of Glasgow, are stamped on both boards.
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