| Ref No | EFP/094/1699/46 |
| Finding Number | AQ 094/1699/46 |
| Title | The laws and customs of Scotland, in matters criminal : Wherein is to be seen how the civil law, and the laws and customs of other nations doth agree with, and supply ours. By Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh. To this second edition is now added (by way of appendix) A treatise of mutilation and demembration and their punishments, by Sir Alexander Seton of Pitmedden Knight Baronet; also a second edition of the observations upon the 18 act. Parl. 23. K. James Sixth. Against dispositions made in defraud of creditors, &c. Corrected, and in several paragraphs much enlarged by the author, the same Sir George Mackenzie himself, before his death |
| Level | Item |
| Date | 1699 |
| Description | Treatise of mutilation and demembration divided into two parts; Treatise of mutilation and demembration; Observations upon the XVIII act of Parliament XXIII K. James the VI against dispositions made in defraud of creditors, &c; Observations upon the XVIII. Act Parliament XXIII· K· James VI· ... The second edition
Title page red and black.; With an imprimatur on the verso of the title page which reads in part: At Edinburgh, November 11. 1697. ... Gilb. Eliot. ..."; "A treatise of mutilation and demembration divided into two parts." has separate dated title page, pagination and register. Parts 1 and 2 have separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous. May have also been issued separately (Wing S2649); "Observations upon the XVIII. Act Parliament XXIII· K· James VI· ... The second edition" has separate dated title page, pagination and register.; A variant has internal title page: "A treatise of mutilation and demembration divided in two parts.". Note: "in" instead of "into"; Signatures: [superscript pi]A[sup]2[sup] A[sup]2[sup] chi[sup]2[sup] B-2O[sup]4[sup] 2P[sup]2, [sup]2pi1 [superscript pi]A[sup]2[sup] A-H[sup]2[sup] [superscript chi]H[sup]4[sup] I-Q[sup]2, [sup]3pi[sup]2[sup] A-H[sup]4(-H4); "A treatise of mutilation and demembration" is identified as Wing S2649 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700" reel 877.; Variation in pagination; 201355.; Treatise of mutilation and demembration divided into two parts.; Observations upon the XVIII. Act Parliament XXIII· K· James VI· ... The second edition.; Microfilm.; R19368. |
| Author | Mackenzie, George, Sir, 1636-1691; Seton, Alexander, Sir, 1639?-1719 |
| Subject | Criminal law -- Scotland; Criminal procedure -- Scotland; Bankruptcy -- Scotland |
| Physical Description | [12], 291, [3], p. 1, [3], 30, [2], 31-32, [4], 33-66, [4], 62 p. ; 2j. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Edinburgh : printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, for Mr. Andrew Symson, and are to be sold by him, in the Cowgate, near the foot of the Horse-wynd, Anno dom. 1699. |