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Edinburgh: Printed be Thomas Finlason, 1611. Scottish Acts from 1600-1609 [Scotland]. Skene, John [1543?-1617], Compiler. The Lawes and Acts of Parliament Made be the Most Excellent and Mightie King and Monarch James be the Grace of God, King of Great Britane, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. Since His Maiesties XV. Parliament the XIX Day of December 1597. Collected, Revised and Extracted Foorth of the Register of his H. Kingdome of Scotland. With ane Table of the Principall Matters Conteined Therein. Edinburgh: Printed be Thomas Finlason, 1611. [i], 40, [2] ff. Folio (10-1/2" x 6-1/2"; 26.7 x 16.5 cm). Recent quarter calf over marbled boards, blind fillets to calf edges, gilt fillets and title to spine, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing and slight fading to spine. Light toning to interior, light soiling and very light foxing in a few places, very light edgewear to first few leaves, tear to bottom-edge of f. 16 not affecting text, early annotations to ff. 17-19. $750. * Only edition. This single-volume collection of Scottish statutes acts as a direct continuation of Sir John Skene's landmark 1597 compilation, The Lawes and Actes of Parliament. Printed in Edinburgh by Thomas Finlason-who succeeded Robert Waldegrave as King's Printer-this work codifies the primary legislation passed during a critical transitional era in British legal history. The volume captures the sixteenth through twentieth Parliaments of King James VI of Scotland (1600-1609), a period spanning his accession to the English throne as James I in 1603 and his relocation to London. Contains key acts restoring and regulating the Episcopal hierarchy in Scotland, reflecting James VI's effort to align Scottish ecclesiastical governance more closely with the Church of England. Features the notable "Act Against Skandalous Speeches and Lybels," highlighting the Crown's stringent control over public discourse, sedition, and political dissent during the Union of the Crowns. Compiled by Sir John Skene of Currie, Clerk Register and prominent legal antiquary, whose official revisions standardized public access to statutory law in early modern Scotland. The annotations to our copy are brief glosses. English Short-Title Catalogue S116978. Edinburgh: Printed be Thomas Finlason, 1611 (illustrator).…