Leges Marchiarum, or Border-Laws, Containing Several Original Articles and Treaties, Made and Agreed upon by the Commissioners of the Respective Kings of England and Scotland . . . From the Reign of Henry III to the Union [etc.] by William Nicolson - 1747

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1705. London, 1705. 1st ed.. London, 1705. 1st ed. The Union of Scotland and England [Nicolson, William], Lord Bishop of Carlisle [1665-1727]. Leges Marchiarum, or Border-Laws: Containing Several Original Articles and Treaties, Made and Agreed upon by the Commissioners of the Respective Kings of England and Scotland, for the Better Preservation of Peace and Commerce upon the Marches of Both Kingdoms: From the Reign of Henry III. To the Union of the Two Crowns, in K. James I. With a Preface, and an Appendix of Charters and Records, Relating to the Said Treaties. London: Printed for Tim. Goodwin, 1705. [vi], lvi, 388, [4] pp. Includes four-page publisher catalogue. Lacking half-title. Octavo (7-1/4" x 4-1/2"). Later cloth, gilt title to spine, edges rouged. Light rubbing, light soiling to boards, some fading to spine, front joint starting at head, corners bumped, front hinge cracked, rear hinge starting at head, endleaves renewed, later bookseller description glued to front pastedown, later ownership… Read More

London; Printed for Mess. Hamilton and Balfour, 1747., 1747. Hard Cover. SECOND EDITION (first published 1705); 12mo, pp., [4], xxxiv, 262. Contemporary polished calf, capably and sympathetically re-backed; gilt titles to red label to spine, double gilt ruling to compartments. Boards a little scuffed with bruising and minor wear to corners. Ownership inscription of J Turnbull to ffep in ink. Scattered light foxing; small tear (approx 1") to margin pp., 219/220 and minor loss to corner tip of pp 11/12 (text unaffected). Overall a Very Good copy. During the commission appointed to prepare a scheme for an Anglo-Scottish Union in the early years of the 18th century, many questions were raised as to the value and necessity of such a union. Bishop Nicholson, long respected as a scholar of Scots and Irish history and a strong advocate for Union, published these medieval documents to prove that the Kingdoms had always treated each other as equals and without any legal assumption of superiority by England,… Read More

1705. London, 1705. 1st ed.. London, 1705. 1st ed. The Union of Scotland and England [Nicolson], William, Lord Bishop of Carlisle [1665-1727]. Leges Marchiarum, or Border-Laws: Containing Several Original Articles and Treaties, Made and Agreed upon by the Commissioners of the Respective Kings of England and Scotland, for the Better Preservation of Peace and Commerce upon the Marches of Both Kingdoms: From the Reign of Henry III. To the Union of the Two Crowns, in K. James I. With a Preface, and an Appendix of Charters and Records, Relating to the Said Treaties. London: Printed for Tim. Goodwin, 1705. [viii], lvi, 388, [4] pp. Includes four-page publisher catalogue. With a half-title. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Later three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, raised bands, blind fillets and gilt ornaments and title to spine, edges rouged, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, front joint starting at head, corners lightly bumped and worn. Light toning to interior,… Read More

1747. London, 1747. 2nd and Final edition. London, 1747. 2nd and Final edition. From the Library of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen Nicolson, William, Lord Bishop of Carlisle [1665-1727]. Leges Marchiarum, Or Border-Laws: Containing Several Original Articles and Treaties, Made and Agreed upon by the Commissioners of the Respective Kings of England and Scotland, For the Better Preservation of Peace and Commerce upon the Marches of Both Kingdoms: From the Reign of Henry III. To the Union of the Two Crowns, in King James I. With a Preface, And an Appendix of Charters and Records Relating to the Said Treaties. London: Printed for Mess. Hamilton and Balfour, Booksellers in Edinburgh, 1747. [iv], xxxiv, 262 pp. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4"). Recent period-style quarter calf over paper-covered boards, endpapers renewed. Negligible light rubbing to extremities, a few tiny nicks to spine. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing in a few places, crack in text block between A12 and a1 (pp. xxii and xxiii), early… Read More

London: Printed for Tim. Goodwin, 1705. First edition, 8vo (190 x 120 mm), [8], lvi, 388, [4, publisher's adverts]pp., with half-title, with the blind stamp of the Earls of Macclesfield on the first four leaves, and the South Library bookplate (1860), contemporary mottled calf, head of spine chipped, joints cracked (upper board joint weak), a good clean copy. Not in Sweet and Maxwell; McLeod, Anglo-Scottish Tracts, 188.