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[004047] [Scottish Libel] 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. Edinburgh and London: Archibald Constable and Co., Hurst, Robinson and Co. And James Ridgway, 1822. First Edition. 8vo. Hardback. Pamphlet. Good+. [9], 2-139pp, [2]-2pp, [2]. Modern watered cloth, title in gilt to spine

Externally very good. Internally a few page corners are creased, otherwise fairly bright and clean

Relating to allegations printed in the Beacon newspaper subsequent to prosecution of Frances Mackay for passing forged banknotes

Goldsmiths 23546