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Legal Decisions in Merry Olde England.

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Legal Decisions in Merry Olde England.
The Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, in Most Cases of Importance, Debated, and brought before Them; From July 1621, to July 1642..., "observed by Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie, then one of the Senators of the College of Justice." Edinburgh: "Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to Their most Excellent Majesties...," 1690. 7 1/4 x 11 1/2, 900 + 43 pp. Index of "Pursuers and Defenders." Several ornamental woodcuts. Occasional manuscript notations in contemporary hand. Several thousand cases described, including the 1623 matter of Smith owed a debt by the Baillies of Elgin: "They suffered him to pass out, and repair in their free and publick Streets as a free Person...The Lords found it was not enough for the Magistrat(e)s to Incarcerat(e) and take the Rebel, except he were detained in Prison...until he were freed by order of Law...." Lacking front board; title and dedication leaves loose with chipped and toned edges, rear board and blank final leaf loose; early 20th-century reinforcement of front hinge with gummed paper strip; internally with subtle edge toning, scattered very light foxing, scorched blank margin with brittleness of about first two dozen leaves, else text very good to fine. Utterly charming and fascinating, the large Garamond type appealing and inviting untold hours of reading. WorldCat locates no copies this printing. Early English Books, 1641-1700, 762:4.