1. The Parliaments of Scotland: Burgh and Shire Commissioners (2 volumes)
by Young, Margaret D. (general editor) 
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Description: ISBN10: 0707307031, ISBN13: 9780707307039, [publisher: Scottish Committee on the History of Parliament by The Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh] Hardcover First Edition 1992, 1993. 2 volume set. pp liv, 403; 404-817. B&W Frontispiece to volume 2. Illustrated endpapers. Gilt titles to spine. Gilt titles and crest to upper board. "A Commissioner was a legislator appointed or elected to represent a royal burgh or shire in the pre-Union Scottish Parliament and the associated Convention of the Estates." ". it is now possible to make more than a guess at the personnel representing the royal burghs and the shires, the third estate who, unlike the estates of nobility and clergy, have until now never been studied as an entity." "Whether it be burgesses from a small, poor burgh or from a wealthy, influential one or the modest landowner and the laird owning great estates, brought together by their copmmon interests, the commissioners represent a cross-section of Scottish people." Original protective clear covers are present and are in very good condition with some superficial scratches. The books are in excellent condition with no inscriptions. PLEASE NOTE: Heavy set so extra will be needed for shipping to non-UK customers. [Edinburgh, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1992]