Constitution and Laws of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture

• Reference:GB 1716 RSA1/4/5
• Dates of Creation:1861

• Scope and Content

  Bound volume of the "Constitution and Laws of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture" (1861) compiled by David Octavius Hill RSA. This is bound with several other records: "Warrant for Charter of Incorporation of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture" (1838); "Laws and Regulations of the Life School with the Report by the Visitors on the Mode of Conducting the Study of the Living Model" (1858).  Printed by Thomas Constable, Printer to the Queen, Printer to the University, Edinburgh, 42pp [interleaved with blanks]; 10pp [blanks]; 25pp, 19pp, 2pp [blanks] all edges gilt, full maroon leather presentation binding with patterned front and back boards, by A Bell, Edinburgh [stamped inner front board bc], split at inner front joint separating front board and spine from the rest of the volume.