Manuscript of The Institutions of the Law of Scotland, together with 213 volumes and 24 broadsheets printed in Scotland

Item author: Sir George Mackenzie

Item date: 16th - 18th centuries

Grant Value: Presented

Item date acquired: 1954

Item institution: National Library of Scotland

Town/City: Edinburgh

A microcosm of Scottish life: Religion and church government, politics, law, education, estate management, popular medicine, fencing and the Darien scheme are all represented, often in extremely scarce works. Illustrated as plate I of AR

Item Provenance

Collection of Dr FS Ferguson