The lavves and actes of Parliament, maid be King Iames the First, and his successours kinges of Scotland : visied, collected and extracted furth of the register. The contentes of this buik, are expremed in the leafe following.
1597
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Details
Title
The lavves and actes of Parliament, maid be King Iames the First, and his successours kinges of Scotland : visied, collected and extracted furth of the register. The contentes of this buik, are expremed in the leafe following.
Uniform title
Laws, etc.
Created/published
At Edinburgh : Imprented be Robert VValde-graue prenter to the Kinges Majestie, 15. Martii. anno Dom. 1597.
Description
[5], 162; 178; [100] leaves, folded leaf ; (fol.)
Corporate author
Scotland.
Associated name
Skene, John, Sir, 1543?-1617.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
Steevens, George, 1736-1800, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Paul, Henry Neill, 1863-1954, former owner.
Steevens, George, 1736-1800, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Note
Signed on 2G3v by compiler: Joannes Skene [xylographic].
Includes through the fifteenth Parliament of James VI (1597).
With an additional engraved title page. One of the title pages is generally missing.
The first leaf contains explanatory verses.
"The first Parliament of King Iames the Sext" (caption title) has separate foliation and register. "Ane table of the principall maters conteined in this buik" (caption title) begins separate unfoliated register A-D⁴ E-F⁶ G² H-S⁶ T⁴; within this register, "De verborum significatione .. be M. Iohn Skene" has separate dated title page.
Includes index.
¹K2 and 2B4 are cancels.
Signatures: pi⁴ a-2d⁶; A-I⁶ K⁶(±K2) L-2A⁶ 2B⁶(±2B4) 2C⁶ 2D⁴ 2E-2G⁶; ²A-D⁴ E-F⁶ G² H-S⁶ T⁴.
Letterpress title page and quires ²F-²G identified as STC 22014 on UMI microfilm reel 1219 (Newberry Library copy), and as STC 22623 on reel 383 (Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy). "De verborum significatione" identified as STC 22622 on reel 1432 (Bodleian Library copy).
Includes through the fifteenth Parliament of James VI (1597).
With an additional engraved title page. One of the title pages is generally missing.
The first leaf contains explanatory verses.
"The first Parliament of King Iames the Sext" (caption title) has separate foliation and register. "Ane table of the principall maters conteined in this buik" (caption title) begins separate unfoliated register A-D⁴ E-F⁶ G² H-S⁶ T⁴; within this register, "De verborum significatione .. be M. Iohn Skene" has separate dated title page.
Includes index.
¹K2 and 2B4 are cancels.
Signatures: pi⁴ a-2d⁶; A-I⁶ K⁶(±K2) L-2A⁶ 2B⁶(±2B4) 2C⁶ 2D⁴ 2E-2G⁶; ²A-D⁴ E-F⁶ G² H-S⁶ T⁴.
Letterpress title page and quires ²F-²G identified as STC 22014 on UMI microfilm reel 1219 (Newberry Library copy), and as STC 22623 on reel 383 (Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy). "De verborum significatione" identified as STC 22622 on reel 1432 (Bodleian Library copy).
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo. DFONOTE blg pag.: <...> folded leaf (genealogical tables), [1] leaf of plates (engr. title page). ; royal permission to print is on pi3v ; signature of compiler is on 2G5v (not 2G3v; see 1st 500 note) ; leaves e1, h4, n2, 2D4, 2E6 are blanks ; in the copies with the engr. title page, the engr. t.p. is conjugate with pi3; have added 246 for engr. t.p. title.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 21877
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S116931
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S116931
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.
Item Details
Call number
STC 21877 copy 1
Folger-specific note
HH3/3. Without engr. t.p.; gathering R mis-bound (1,5,3,4,2,6). Manuscript notes and markings (fleurs, manicules, underlining, etc.) throughout; manuscript foliated, starting on 2H2 with "fo. 1"; penciled manuscript notes to paste-downs. Leaves 154-157 (first series) and 78, 127 (second series) stained, affecting text. Rust-hole, affecting text, leaves 173-175 (second series). Leaf 2Q3 (in "De significatione ...") torn and repaired, affecting text. Last leaves water-stained. Bound in old calf, with binder's title: "Acts K. Iames I" and manuscript spine-label: "708"; printed waste (unused sheets for an octavo). Provenance: ink-stamp on t.p. of G. [George] Steevens, 1736-1800; Britwell Court copy (Folger files), sold 1927, Britwell Court sale, no. 1108; collated at Quaritch by "FW," 11 April 1927; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 21877 copy 4
Folger-specific note
145662. Imperfect: wanting engr. t.p., leaves b3-4, q2, q5, H3-4, K2, K5 and 2B3-4 (the last supplied in manuscript facs.); gathering I misbound: 1,5,3,4,2,6. Manuscript notes to front free endpaper and final endpaper; wormed, affecting text on A5v. Bound in half goatskin over brown cloth. Provenance: engraved armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Seabright, Bart. (motto: Servare mentem); gift of Henry N. Paul
Call number
STC 21877 copy 5
Folger-specific note
145673. Imperfect: lacking engr. t.p., leaf ²E6 (blank), folded table, and the section "De verborum significatione"; may be a copy of STC 21877.5 (difference between them is in "De verborum"); bound between ²E5 and ²F1 are 2 other collections of Scottish Parliamentary laws and statutes, 1611-1612: STC 21878 Copy 2, and STC 21896 Copy 2. Manuscript note to first leaf ("In my deu..." [?]); signature of the compiler on ²E5r: "Jo[hn] Skene"; occasional small stains. Bound in old Scottish blind-tooled calf rebacked, with binder's title on boards: "Skene's Scots Acts 1597", and with wrong date ("1579") on the later spine. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Adam Drummond Esq. R.N., Megginch Castle, 1821; gift of Henry N. Paul
Call number
STC 21877 copy 6
Folger-specific note
HH3/12. Imperfect: wanting pi1 (verses), engr. t.p., ²E6 (final blank) and gatherings ²H-T (the section "De verborum significatione"). Manuscript notes, corrections, and markings (underlining, crosses) throughout; most substantial manuscript notes on: k2v, o3v, s2r, 2C3; signature of the compiler on ²E5r: "Jo[hn] Skene"; water-staining, stains and rust-holes throughout, affecting text; pi4 reversed in binding; t.p. almost detached, first few leaves frayed, affecting imprint on t.p.; old shlef-marks to front paste-down. Bound in old vellum, with faded manuscript spine title; bound at end are 5 other collections of Scottish Parliamentary acts, 1611-1621 (STC 21878 Copy 3, 21896 Copy 1, 21898 Copy 1, 21899, 21901). Provenance: Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 21877 copy 7
Folger-specific note
HH3/6. Imperfect: wanting prelim. gathering pi, leaves a1-2, engr. t.p., and blanks e1 and ²E6; cropped, affecting some side-notes and page numbers. Many leaves repaired at edges; ²T4 torn and repaired, not affecting text; early leaves soiled. Disbound, collated and rebound at Folger in November 1966 in half goatskin over red buckram; note on the conservation bound at back; fragments of original calf (stamped with arms) affixed to rear paste-down. Provenance: fragment of orig. endpaper (?) affixed to front paste-down: "Patrik Bell"; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 21877.2 copy 1
Folger-specific note
HH3/3. Made-up copy: 2D2 from another copy; leaves ¹K2 and 2B4 are present in their cancelled states (only); wanting the letterpress t.p.; large-paper copy. Manuscript marking on pi4r: "131:", and underlining on ¹A1r-A2v; stains affecting text, l4r-l6v; print show-through; manuscript shelf-marks on front paste-down. Bound in old gilt-tooled brown calf, all edges gilt. Provenance: Britwell Court; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 21877.2 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs1672. Imperfect: wanting gathering ²P; wanting the letterpress t.p. Bound in old vellum with manuscript spine title: "Statutes of Scotland". Provenance: Folger purchase from T. Thorp, 1927