{"product_id":"edward-coke-bail-main-prize-london-1715-124543","title":"A Little Treatise of Bail and Main-prize.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eA scarce edition of this posthumously published commentary on the laws of bail and the now obsolete mainprise by the great English jurist Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll early editions of this work are rare. ESTC records just 6 examples of this undated edition of 1715, 4 in the British Isles and Ireland (2 copies at the BL, Eton College Library, and the Bolton Library, University of Limerick) and 2 in North America (Huntington Library and University of Minnesota).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith provenance for the politician Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet of Monreith (1845-1937). Maxwell was elected Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire in 1880 in the Conservative interest, and served as Junior Lord of the Treasury during the Salisbury administration. A keen antiquarian, Maxwell was President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Chairman of the National Library of Scotland, and Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, amassing an impressive library at his seat of Monreith House.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e8vo (22 x 14 cm); woodcut device to title, woodcut head and tailpieces, bookplate to front pastedown, loose paper library note, last 2ff of text with top corner paper repair, title slightly toned,, some spotting to endpapers; 20th-century alf vellum, marbled paper boards, gilt arms to upper cover, brown morocco letteringpiece to spine, very good; 39, [1]pp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eESTC T41102.","brand":"COKE, Sir Edward.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57636622860663,"sku":"124543","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/124543_01.jpg?v=1792774647","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/edward-coke-bail-main-prize-london-1715-124543","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}