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- Author:
- Swinburne, Henry
- Title:
- A Treatise of Spousals, or Matrimonial Contracts: Wherein All the Questions relating to that Subject are ingeniously Debated and Resolved. Wing S6260. Quarto
- Publisher:
- Printed by S. Roycroft for Robert Clavell at the Peacock [etc.], London, 1686.
- Description:
- First edition of the first work on the English law of marriage, and one of Swinburne's two major works, written (in J.H. Baker's words) in "a felicitous informal style [contributing to] a reputation plac[ing] him in the ranks of the famous"
- Condition:
- Modern calf, morocco label gilt, very light browning, else quite attractive; Julius Rosenthal's copy with his ownership signature on the title page
- Book No.:
- W-80430
- Price:
- $ 2250.00
- Category:
- marriage, women's law
- Author:
- Cotton, Robert
- Title:
- An Exact Abridgement of the Records in the Tower of London . . . of all the Parliaments holden in each Kings reign, and the several Acts in every Parliament [etc.]. Revised . . . by William Prynne. Wing C6489. Folio
- Publisher:
- Printed for William Leake Stationer, at the Crown [etc.], London, 1657.
- Description:
- First edition of one of two valuable works singled out by Holdsworth as the fruits of Prynne's scholarship in seeing published the previously unprinted public records of the Kingdom, both leading to his appointment as their Keeper in the next decade
- Condition:
- Early tree calf, rebacked, some embrowning, but a good copy
- Book No.:
- W-60146
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- Abridgements, Acts
- Author:
- Title:
- A System of Moral and Political Philosophy; Consisting of the Most Important Chapters from the Writings of the Late Dr. Paley; with Some Apposite Extracts from Blackstone's Commentaries . . . designed for the Improvement of Young Persons
- Publisher:
- No Publisher Stated [W. Cowdroy?], No Place Stated [Salford?], n.d. [1808?].
- Description:
- Sole edition of a rare work, the only effort to combine the thinking of both Paley and Blackstone, with the latter's contribution focused on "the power and jurisdiction of parliament, the nature of legislation . . . and the different Courts of Law"
- Condition:
- Modern 3/4 calf over marbled boards, title darkened, light browning, early ownership inscriptions and a few notations, a good usable copy
- Book No.:
- W-80454
- Price:
- $ 850.00
- Category:
- philosophy of law, Parliament, courts
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