Report of the Trial of the Students on the Charge of Mobbing, Rioting, and Assault at the College on January 11 & 12, 1838: Published Under the Direction of the Students' Committee
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Report of the Trial of the Students on the Charge of Mobbing, Rioting, and Assault at the College on January 11 & 12, 1838: Published Under the Direction of the Students’ Committee

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Account of a riot by the students of Edinburgh university in the nineteenth century. A snowball fight on South Bridge turned into a riot (also known as ‘The War of the Quadrangle) against police and the institutions, ending in a court hearing known as the “Trial of the Students.”

Quarter leather on marbled boards. Boards worn and some light marking internally but generally a Good+ copy of a scarce item of Edinburgh history.

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