Can anyone tell me more about this sword?
I found it in A Record of European Armour and Arms Vol IV, P.273. It states that it was part of the collection of J Seymour Lucas.
Does anyone know its dimensions, origin or have any better images of it?

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just from the shape it looks like it is probably one of the renaissance two-handers, as opposed to anything earlier or smaller, but perhaps someone who knows better will correct me.

Looks like a Scottish Lowlander two-handed sword, most popular IIRC 16th century . Similar to a continental two-hander of the time. The lack of parrying "hooks"/lugs on the blade, and the downturned quillons are distinctive. These usually have side rings on the guard. The pommel is often described as distinctive too, and it's the same type as seen on the Highland two-handed claymore.

Hanwei do a nice reproduction of one of these.

No one else got any ideas about it?

I agree, its probably a scottish lowlander style. Looks quite similar to the one that that hanwei version is based on, but as noted, no side rings.

Has anyone seen this one in any collections, museums, etc? I'm interested in the dimensions if anyone has them.

What happens to swords, do they just disappear into private collections, never to be seen again?

Lowlander sword located in the Glasgow Museum. Item number: E.1939.hu

I hate to disappoint everyone, but it's not Lowland Scots of the 16th century. It's likely English and 15th century (though late 15th). :)

It's mentioned and shown in a line drawing in Neil Melville's article "Towards the Identification of a Group of Fifteenth Century English Two-handed Swords" in the Eighteenth Park Lane Arms Fair catalogue.

According to the article it was supposedly found in a priory in Norfolk. Laking mentions 3 other similar swords, but doesn't illustrate them. While it bears a resemblance to later swords with side rings, it doesn't seem to have any.

Also, many of the Park Lane Catalogues can be purchased from the folks who edit it and put it together:

http://www.londonarmsfair.com/index.html