The Trial of William Skirving, Secretary to the British Convention, Before the High Court of Justiciary, on the 6th and 7th of January, 1794; for Sedition
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: KJames Robertson, Printer and Bookseller, 1794. Cloth. Very Good +. A very well-preserved copy of this 1794 accounting of the trial for sedition of William Skirving, "Containing a full and circumstantial account of all the proceedings and speeches, as taken down in short-hand, by Mr. Ramsey, short-hand writer from London" (from the title page). Clean and VG+ to Near Fine, with its original text and preliminaries perfectly intact. Professionally re-bound in a scarlet cloth (with bright gilt-titling along the spine) over light-brown cloth. New pastedowns and endsheets, otherwise nicely preserved as it originally appeared in 1794. The contemporary legal reckoning of William Skirving (1745-1796), probably best known as one of the five "Scottish Martyrs for Liberty"
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18814
- Title
- The Trial of William Skirving, Secretary to the British Convention, Before the High Court of Justiciary, on the 6th and 7th of January, 1794; for Sedition
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- KJames Robertson, Printer and Bookseller
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1794
- Keywords
- Rare British legal history, rare histories of trials of sedition, rare Colonial history, rare American Revolution histories, sedition during the American Revolution, rare Scottish history, rare Scottish legal history
- Bookseller catalogs
- Law;
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Waccabuc, New York
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