first edition
HEARN, William Edward.
The Government of England its structure and its development.
Melbourne, George Robertson, 69, Elizabeth Street, 1867.
The work was praised by the jurist A.V. Dicey, who wrote in 1885 that it 'has taught me more than any other single work of the way in which the labours of lawyers established in early times the elementary principles which form the basis of the constitution' (Australian Dictionary of Biography).
First edition; 8vo (22 x 15 cm); small area of toning to lower gutter margin of final few ff, residue to title-page gutter margin; contemporary polished calf, covers ruled in gilt, gilt spine in 6 compartments, contrasting blue-green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges, a little rubbed, very good; vii, [1], 569, [1]pp.
Stock code 124702
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The Government of England
XENOPHON; FIELDING, Sarah (translator).
Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates.
1762.
A handsomely bound first edition of Sarah Fielding's translation of Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates.
£1,250.00
WOTTON, William; BENTLEY, Richard.
Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning...
1697.
The second edition, much expanded of William Wotton's Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning, bound with Richard Bentley's Dissertation for the first time
£750.00
TYRTAEUS; MOOR, James (editor).
Spartan Lessons;
1759.
The first Foulis Press edition of Tyrtaeus' panegyric on martial spirit, Spartan Lessons, edited by the classicist James Moor
£1,500.00
CICERO; [DAVID, Henry (translator)].
Thoughts of Cicero,
1750.
The first trilingual edition in English, French, and Latin of this collection of Cicero's thoughts on religion, law and philosophy
£450.00
