1800 David Hume 1st ed Commentary on Scotland Criminal LAW Scottish Advocates 2v

1800 David Hume 1^st ed Commentary on Scotland Criminal LAW Scottish Advocates 2v

“Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them.” 

– David Hume

David Hume, nephew of David Hume the philosopher, was a famous 18^th-century Scottish jurist known for his important works on law during the Enlightenment. One such work was his commentary on Scottish law. This book, according to the DNB, is the “standard work on Scottish criminal law” and helped lay the foundations of modern criminal law and would be referenced and cited even into the 21^st-century.

Item number: #18695

Price: $1500

HUME, David

Commentaries on the law of Scotland, respecting trial for crimes

Edinburgh : Printed for Bell & Bradfute ; And for E. Balfour ; by Adam Neill & Co, 1800. 1^st edition

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
  • I – xxvi, [2], 464
  • II – [4], 472
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~10.75in X 8.5in (27cm x 22cm)
• Very rare and desirable

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