[WALTHOE, John].
A Catalogue of the Common and Statute Law-Books of this Realm, with some others relating thereunto, to Michaelmas term, 1725. Alphabetically digested under proper titles. With an account of the best editions, and common prices for which they are now sold.
London, Printed for J. Walthoe in the Middle-Temple-Cloisters, 1726.
All early editions of this text are scarce. A valuable insight into the scope and readership of English legal literature in the early modern period.
8vo (16 x 10 cm); title-page within double ruled printed border, pen trials to rear endpapers; contemporary sheepskin, covers ruled in blind, a little rubbed, very good; [4], 92pp.
ESTC T114269.
Stock code 124396
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A Catalogue of the Common and Statute Law-Books of this Realm,
KYD, Stewart.
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1793-1794.
The first edition of Stewart Kyd's Treatise on the Law of Corporations, uncut in the orignal boards
£5,000.00
[HALE, Sir Matthew; JOHNSON, Maurice (manuscript notes)].
The Analysis of the Law:
1713.
The first edition of Sir Matthew Hale's posthumously published Analysis of the Law, with extensive manuscript annotations by the barrister Maurice Johnson
£9,000.00
[WOMEN'S RIGHTS].
The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights:
1632.
The first edition of the first book in the English languages devoted to the Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights, anonymously printed and attributed to Sir John Dodderidge
£25,000.00
BENTHAM, Jeremy.
The Elements of the Art of Packing,
1821.
The first edition of Bentham's critique of English libel law, The Elements of the Art of Packing
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