DAVID HUME LECTURES ON THE LAW OF SCOTLAND.
Manuscript hand written 1812 to 1813. Three Volumes Royal 8vo. two in contemporary calf and the third rebacked, all with papered boards.
Volume One: Personal Rights. 583 manuscript pages including index.
Volume Two. Real Rights. 529 manuscript pages including index
Volume Three; Succession and Actions. 549 manuscript pages including index.
At the rear 27 manuscript pages of The Song of Solomon. Item #193412
"David Hume (1757-1838), nephew of the philosopher, was appointed professor of Scots law at the University of Edinburgh in 1786. He was the outstanding law professor of his generation, and his lectures on private law, the subject of these notes, 'were highly praised and students flocked to them'. Hume forbade publication of his lectures, but copies circulated and they were cited in court, many of his pupils reaching the bench ... The lectures recast Scottish private law ready for the nineteenth century' [Oxford Dictionary National Biography].
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