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[David Irving, Scottish librarian and biographer.] Autograph Letter Signed to George R. Kinloch, lawyer, philanthropist and antiquarian, about publications of Scottish interest.

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David Irving, (1778 – 1860) Scottish librarian and biographer.
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Advocates Library, 17 July 1837
£80.00

One page, 12mo, neat hand, good condition. Dear Sir, | I request you to accept of my best thanks for your valuable present of the Selections from the Minutes of the Presbyteries of St. Andrews and Cupar. I was previously acquainted with the book, which appears to me to be not a little curious. On Saturday I returned to the printed the last sheet of Buchanan De Scriptoribus Scotis; and in the course of a fortnight, I may expect the copies to be in a tangible form [...]. Note: George Ritchie Kinloch (c.

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Autograph Letter Signed ('H. Cockburn') from the Scottish judge and author Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, to Benjamin Bell, Advocate, 20 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh.

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Henry Thomas Cockburn (1779-1854), Lord Cockburn, Scottish lawyer, judge and author, Solicitor General for Scotland, 1830-1834 [Edinburgh Review]
Scottish judge and author Henry Cockburn
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14 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh; 8 November 1833.
£56.00
Scottish judge and author Henry Cockburn

12mo, 1 p. On recto of first leaf of bifolium. Addressed, with broken red wax seal, on verso of second leaf. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Knowing of Bell's 'attachment to the Civil Law', he invites him to a breakfast, where he will 'meet with Justinian, & a few select jurists'.

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