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POLLOCK, Sir Frederick; MAITLAND, Frederic William.

The History of English Law

The History of English Law

before the time of Edward I.

Stock Code 115218

Cambridge, At the University Press, 1898

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Prize-binding for The Law Society. An excellent example in a presentation binding for The Law Society of Sir Frederick Pollock and F.W. Maitland's seminal History of English Law, tracing its development from its pre-Saxon origins up to the reign of Henry III, covering over 1000 years of it history.

The work was produced by Sir Frederick Pollock (1845-1937), Corpus Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford from 1883 to 1903, and editor of the Law Reports from 1895 until 1935, in conjunction with F.W. Maitland (1850-1906), Downing Professor of the Laws of England at the University of Cambridge from 1888 to his death. It remains a standard living authority on the development of the law in this country.

Second edition; 2 vols; 8vo (23 x 16 cm); prize plate to front pastedown of vol. I, binder's label to rear pastedown of vol. I; contemporary red morocco prize-binding for The Law Society by J. Low, gilt arms to upper covers, gilt spines in 6 compartments, all edges gilt, minor wear to extremities, upper covers slightly marked, very light spotting to endpapers, very good; xxxviii, [2], 688; xiv, [2], 691, [1]pp.

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Provenance: George Ernest Shrimpton 1905 (prize plate).

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