[Rarebooks] FS: Stewart's "...Acts of Parliament..." (with a reference to golf). Edinburgh: 1707

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(LAW) Stewart, Sir James (ed.). THE INDEX OR ABRIDGMENT, OF THE ACTS OF 
PARLIAMENT AND CONVENTION, from the First Parliament of King James I. Holden 
the 26 Maii, Anno 1424. to the Fourth Session of the First Parliament of Her 
Majesty Queen Anne, Concluded the 25 March 1707, Before the Union of the Two 
Kingdoms of Scotland and England: Revised and Compleated. With the Act 
Ratifying and Approving the Treaty of Union of the Two Kingdoms, Verbatim 
Subjoined. Edinburgh: Printed by George Mosman. 1707. 12mo. (12),298pp. Cont. 
polished calf, minor rubbing, brown calf spine label. Overall, a fine copy.     
$375.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first printing of this work to contain the Treaty of Union between 
England and Scotland. Stewart arranged this work alphabetically by topic rather 
than chronologically. The acts relating to the game of golf are found under 
the heading "Football and Golf."

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