Description
Scottish Law.- Mein (John, Writer to the Signet, fl. 1723 -29) [Summary of the laws on bills and contracts], manuscript, 186pp., first leaf small cut slightly affecting a few words of text, later ink ownership signature of Henry Home, later Lord Kames (1696-1782) signed on front fly-leaf, browned, original roan-backed embossed boards, edges rubbed, upper cover detaching, spine torn with small loss, n.d. [c. 1740]; and another legal manuscript, sm. 4to (2).
⁂ A "very mean man but a man of excellent parts and learning." - James Boswell.
Mein came from Teviotdale and was well known to James Boswell, who wrote, "I had come to Edinburgh a zealous Jacobite. He was as zealous a Whig." Mein was also well acquainted with judge and writer Henry Home, the later owner of this volume, and enjoyed frequent conversations despite their political differences.
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Scottish Law.- Mein (John, WSriter to the Signet) [Summary of the laws on bills and contracts], manuscript, 186pp., first leaf small cut slightly affecting a few words of text, later ink ownership signature of Henry Home, later Lord Kames, original roan-backed embossed boards, rubbed, upper cover detaching, spine torn with small loss, n.d. [c. 1740]; and another legal, sm. 4to (2).
Hammer Price: £1,100
Description
Scottish Law.- Mein (John, Writer to the Signet, fl. 1723 -29) [Summary of the laws on bills and contracts], manuscript, 186pp., first leaf small cut slightly affecting a few words of text, later ink ownership signature of Henry Home, later Lord Kames (1696-1782) signed on front fly-leaf, browned, original roan-backed embossed boards, edges rubbed, upper cover detaching, spine torn with small loss, n.d. [c. 1740]; and another legal manuscript, sm. 4to (2).
⁂ A "very mean man but a man of excellent parts and learning." - James Boswell.
Mein came from Teviotdale and was well known to James Boswell, who wrote, "I had come to Edinburgh a zealous Jacobite. He was as zealous a Whig." Mein was also well acquainted with judge and writer Henry Home, the later owner of this volume, and enjoyed frequent conversations despite their political differences.