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Report of the 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.
(Gibson, James, & Duncan Stevenson)
/ Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. etc., 1822
first edition; [iv], 139, [1], 2 (appendix) pp, library book plate and markings, later badly torn at spine, front hinge almost broken through and back hinge cracked, light general age toning to text but not fragile and still well sewn; allegations published in the Beacon that Gibson in his capacity as agent for the Bank of England "unnecessarily brought prosecutions for forgery, for his own private advantage", particularly in the case of Frances Mackay. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: law, libel, forgery, Scotland
Item #: 528091
$18.95