Report of Trial of the Issues, in the Action of Damages for Libel in the Beacon, James Gibson of Ingliston, Esq. Clerk to the Signet - Pursuer, Against Duncan Stevenson, Printer in Edinburgh - Defender

Seller

Zetetic Books (GB)

Seller's Inventory #

004047

Title

Report of Trial of the Issues, in the Action of Damages for Libel in the Beacon, James Gibson of Ingliston, Esq. Clerk to the Signet - Pursuer, Against Duncan Stevenson, Printer in Edinburgh - Defender

Author

[Scottish Libel]

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Good+

Edition

First Edition

Publisher

Archibald Constable and Co., Hurst, Robinson and Co. And James Ridgway

Place of Publication

Edinburgh and London

Date Published

1822

Size

8vo

Keywords

Libel, Scotland, Law, Trials, Printers, Forgery, Banking, Forged Banknotes

Bookseller catalogs

Nineteenth Century; Law;

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