Order, 15 October 1696, Edinburgh

Procedure: petition, 31 December 1696, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the Fifteenth day of October Jaj vic nyntie six years

A1696/10/131

Order

Order to Book Sellers to Give in Catalogues to the Councell Clerks

The Lords of his Majesties privie Counsell Doe heirby ordaine and appoint all the Book sellers within the burgh of Edinburgh Liberties priviledges or Suburbs of the same To make up exact Catalogues of the books to be sold by them or which are or may be in their chopes or houses or other places And to delyver in to the Clerks of privie Councell true and exact Coppies of the same Subscryved with their hands And that betuixt and the feast and terme of Mertimes next to Come And thereafter to delyver in full and exact Inventars subscribed as said is to the saids Clerks of all Books which shall come into their hands In order to Sale And that from time to tyme as they shall receave them before the offering to Sale vending or desposing any of the saids Books With Certification to the saids Book sellers that all the Books belonging to them which shall not be Contained in the saids Inventars shall be Confiscat to the publick use And ordaines the macers of Councill to make Intimation hereof to the severall Book sellers within the Bounds forsaids And to delyver in subscribed executions of the saids Intimations to the saids Clerks Containing the names of the persons to whom and the dayes whereupon the saids Intimations were made.

Att Edinburgh the Fifteenth day of October Jaj vic nyntie six years

A1696/10/131

Order

Order to Book Sellers to Give in Catalogues to the Councell Clerks

The Lords of his Majesties privie Counsell Doe heirby ordaine and appoint all the Book sellers within the burgh of Edinburgh Liberties priviledges or Suburbs of the same To make up exact Catalogues of the books to be sold by them or which are or may be in their chopes or houses or other places And to delyver in to the Clerks of privie Councell true and exact Coppies of the same Subscryved with their hands And that betuixt and the feast and terme of Mertimes next to Come And thereafter to delyver in full and exact Inventars subscribed as said is to the saids Clerks of all Books which shall come into their hands In order to Sale And that from time to tyme as they shall receave them before the offering to Sale vending or desposing any of the saids Books With Certification to the saids Book sellers that all the Books belonging to them which shall not be Contained in the saids Inventars shall be Confiscat to the publick use And ordaines the macers of Councill to make Intimation hereof to the severall Book sellers within the Bounds forsaids And to delyver in subscribed executions of the saids Intimations to the saids Clerks Containing the names of the persons to whom and the dayes whereupon the saids Intimations were made.

1. NRS, PC1/51, 28.

1. NRS, PC1/51, 28.