Shelfmark
Fo.8.18(02)
Main entry--corporate name
Uniform title
[Acts. 1424-1678. Index]
Title
An index or abridgment of the Acts of Parliament, made by K. James the I. and II. III. IV. V Queen Mary, Ja. VI. K. Charles I. and Charles the II. Kings and Queen of Scotland. Reduced into heads, set down after the order of the alphabet..
Varying form of title
Running title: Abridgement of the Acts of Parliament, &c.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Edinburgh, : Printed by John Reid,, Anno 1685..
Physical description
292 p. ; 15 cm. (12mo)
Note
Running title reads: An abridgement of the Acts of Parliament, &c.
Note
In this edition, the title has "Reduced into heads,"; another edition (ESTC R22587) has "Digested into heads,".
Note
Signatures: A⁸ B-M¹² N⁶.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R492705
Provenance
Booklabel of Nicholas Mann, recording donation to Eton College in 1754.
Binding
18th century sprinkled calf binding; gold-tooled borders; gold-tooled spines; five raised bands; traces of spine labels.
Copy-specific note
Bound possibly as issued with pt. 2 of: The laws and Acts of Parliament made by King James the First, and his royal successors, Kings and Queen of Scotland in two parts. Edinburgh: Iosua van Solingen, and Iohn Colmar, for David Lindsay, and his co-partners, 1682 [i.e. 1683].
Copy-specific note
Library copy bound as a set with: The laws and acts made in the first Parliament of Our most high and dread soveraign James VII. Edinburgh: the heir of Andrew Anderson, 1685 [i.e. 1707?].
Copy-specific note
Previously Dk.8.14.
Subject
Subject
Law Scotland Indexes Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Reid, John, active 1680 - 1716 printer.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--name
Scotland. Convention of Estates.
Added entry--place
Scotland Edinburgh.
Identifier
B43374