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    By Robert Pitcairn
    Edinburgh   William Tait; Longman, Rees, Orme et al
    11.5" by 9.5" 440; 400; 604; 746pp
    The scarce first edition of this impressive compilation of early criminal cases seen in the Scottish courts from the late medieval period to the early modern era.
    By Robert Pitcairn

    1833 Criminal Trials in Scotland, from A.D. M.CCCC.LXXXVIII to A.D. M.DC.XXIV, Embracing the Entire Reigns of James IV. and V., Mary Queen of Scots, and James VI

    Edinburgh   William Tait; Longman, Rees, Orme et al
    11.5" by 9.5" 440; 400; 604; 746pp
    The scarce first edition of this impressive compilation of early criminal cases seen in the Scottish courts from the late medieval period to the early modern era.
    £1,275.00
    : 8kgs / : 944F4
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    Description

    First Edition, Leather Binding, Scarce

    A scarce first edition.

    Complete in three volumes, bound in four.

    Scottish antiquary Robert Pitcairn offers analysis of historical legal records, and in this work documents a wealth of criminal cases in Scotland, from 1488-1624. The work is based on original manuscripts, including Acts of Parliament, Privy Council records, and High Court of Justiciary proceedings.
     
    Pitcairn details trials for crimes ranging from treason, heresy and witchcraft to theft and murder.

    Pitcairn organises the material chronologically and includes transcriptions of legal documents, trial records, and related correspondence.

    Volume I, Parts I and II cover the years 1488-1596; volume II focuses on 1596-1609, and volume III covers 1609-1624.

    With a frontispiece to each volume.

    Sir Walter Scott reviewed Pitcairn's work in the Quarterley Review, praising Pitcairn for producing "a most extraordinary picture of manners" that is "highly valuable in a philosophical point of view," and contains much that would "greatly interest the jurist and the moralist."

    Condition

    In full calf bindings. Light rubbing to back strips and joints, otherwise externally smart. Rubbing to centre of boards. Head and tail of rear joint of volume III starting, with board only a touch tender to tail. Rear hinge of volume I part II strained, with board firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Light offsetting to title pages, with pages otherwise clean and bright.

    Very Good

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