Lot 275
Skene (John) Regiam Majestatem. The Auld Lawes and Constitutions of Scotland, Edinburgh, for John Wood..., 1774.
Hammer Price: £160
Description
Skene (John) Regiam Majestatem. The Auld Lawes and Constitutions of Scotland, half-title, with contemporary ink inscription "Robert Burns 1791" (not the poet's hand) on title and "H.M.Customs & Excise Dumfries" at head, manuscript annotations to verso of half-title and title and several underlinings, fingerposts and a few annotations in text, mostly relating to Scots words, in several hands, lightly browned, lacking front free endpaper, bookplate removed from pastedown, contemporary calf, worn, spine rather crudely reinforced, 4to, Edinburgh, for John Wood; and sold by him, J. Bell, and C. Elliot, 1774.
Description
Skene (John) Regiam Majestatem. The Auld Lawes and Constitutions of Scotland, half-title, with contemporary ink inscription "Robert Burns 1791" (not the poet's hand) on title and "H.M.Customs & Excise Dumfries" at head, manuscript annotations to verso of half-title and title and several underlinings, fingerposts and a few annotations in text, mostly relating to Scots words, in several hands, lightly browned, lacking front free endpaper, bookplate removed from pastedown, contemporary calf, worn, spine rather crudely reinforced, 4to, Edinburgh, for John Wood; and sold by him, J. Bell, and C. Elliot, 1774.
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