£80
Scotland. Dalrymple of Stair (Sir James, President of the Session), The Institutions of the Law of Scotland [...], part one only, first edition, Edinburgh: Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to His most Sacred Majesty, 1681, black-ruled title-page, historiated initials, a1-2 loose and creased, contemporary speckled calf, worn, shelf wear, folio (29.6 x 16cm), idem, third complete edition, Edinburgh: G. Hamilton, 1759, contemporary calf, some wear, folio (32.5 x 21cm), Remarkable Decisions of the Court of Session, From the year 1730 to the year 1752. Edinburgh: Printed for A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1766, contemporary calf, folio (32.5 x 21cm), [&] Select Decisions of the Court of Session, From The Year 1752 to the Year 1768. Edinburgh: Printed by Neill and Company, For John Bell, 1780, contemporary calf over marbled boards, (32.5 x 21cm), etc., (5)
The first edition of Dalrymple's 'Institutions of the Law of Scotland', an account of the private law of Scotland according to the judgments of the Court of Session, is now considered the foundation of modern Scots law.
Provenance: 1st: Joseph Crombie, title-page with 18th c ink MS ownership inscription. 2nd & 3rd: John Orr of Barrowfield (d. 1803), town clerk and commissary of Glasgow, owner of plantations and slaves in the West Indies; title-pages with ink MS ownership inscriptions, engraved armorial bookplates on each recto pastedown.
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