Memorialls for the Government of the Royall-Burghs in Scotland : With Some Overtures Laid Before the Nobility and Gentry of the Several Shyres in This Kingdom

1685 SCOTLAND 1ed Royal Burghs Alexander Skene Scottish Government Aberdeen

Alexander Skene's "Memorials of the Royal Burghs in Scotland" is a rare, 17th-century history of the Scottish royal municipalities established by the royal crown. Royal Burghs had been utilized in Scotland and Northern England since the 12th-century and Skene's "Memorials" is easily the most important and thorough history of the royal burgh tradition in Scotland.

In addition to discussing the matters of Scottish royalty, this 1685 first and only edition covers Scottish government, public services, trade and commerce, all with a sense of Scottish patriotism and national pride. It also contains a survey of the city of Aberdeen

Item number: #22528

Price: $750

SKENE, Alexander

Memorialls for the Government of the Royall-Burghs in Scotland : With Some Overtures Laid Before the Nobility and Gentry of the Several Shyres in This Kingdom

Aberdeen: printed by John Forbes, 1685. First and only edition.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages

o Memorials – 197, [1]

o Survey of Aberdeen – [2], 201-288

Includes separate title page

· Language: English

· Binding: Leather; tight and secure

· Size: ~5.75in X 3.5in (14.5cm x 9cm)

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