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- Author:
- Bellewe, Richard
- Title:
- Les Ans du Roy Richard le Second. Collect' Ensembl' hors les Abridgments de Statham, Fitzherbert et Brooke [etc.]. Beale R478; S.T.C. 1848
- Publisher:
- Imprinted by Robert Robinson dwelling in Fewter lane [etc.], London, 1585.
- Description:
- Original edition of the sole reports from the late fourteenth century reign of Richard II, culled from the the three major early English abridgments, termed "rare" by Winfield and "excessively rare" by Wallace, not to be reprinted until 1869
- Condition:
- Modern calf, gilt-lettered, quite browned, yet crisp and wide-margined; with the index before the text and without the colophon leaf; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-77020
- Price:
- $ 2750.00
- Category:
- reports of cases, Abridgements, 16TH CENTURY
- Author:
- Bellewe, Richard
- Title:
- Les Ans du Roy Richard le Second. Collect' Ensembl' hors les Abridgments de Statham, Fitzherbert et Brooke [etc.]. Beale R478; S.T.C. 1848
- Publisher:
- Imprinted by Robert Robinson dwelling in Fewter lane [etc.], London, 1585.
- Description:
- Original edition of the sole reports from the late fourteenth century reign of Richard II, culled from the the three major early English abridgments, termed "rare" by Winfield and "excessively rare" by Wallace, not to be reprinted until 1869
- Condition:
- Contemporary vellum, unevenly darkened, variant with the Lincoln's Inn arms on the title's verso, without the colophon if called for; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-79127
- Price:
- $ 2000.00
- Category:
- reports of cases, Abridgements, 16TH CENTURY
- Author:
- Title:
- The Exact Abridgement of that Excellent Treatise called Doctor and Student. S.T.C. 21583 ['sold by' variant]
- Publisher:
- Printed by the Assignes of John More [etc.], London], 1630.
- Description:
- The only abridgment of Christopher St. Germain's famed treatise, a particularly able effort distilling the equitable principles debated in dialogue between the doctor of divinity and the student of English law in St. Germain's original creation
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 calf, a little dusty, else a good copy with ample margins; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-46735
- Price:
- $ 400.00
- Category:
- equity, 16TH CENTURY
- Author:
- Title:
- Free Customes, Benefits and Priviledges of the Copyhold Tennants, of the Mannors of Stepny and Hackny in the Countie of Middlesex . . . Before Which is Prefixed an Abstract or Briefe Relation of the Assurance Given . . . said Tennants. S.T.C. 23254
- Publisher:
- At London printed by William Iones, London, 1617.
- Description:
- A rare work, part of the still disputed history of East London, setting forth in great detail the rights, obligations, and limits to copyhold tenure there, here including the names of over 300 tenants; one copy in ESTC in North America
- Condition:
- Contemporary gilt bordered calf, rebacked, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, definite browning, two leaves skilfully repaired; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-80115
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- copyright, London, 16TH CENTURY
- Author:
- Saint Germain, Christopher
- Title:
- The Dialogue in English, betweene a Doctor of Divinitie, and a Student in the Lawes of England. Newly corrected and Imprinted with new Additions. S.T.C. 21582.5
- Publisher:
- Printed by the Assignes of John More, Esquire, London, 1638.
- Description:
- An early 17th century edition of the first classic of English equity and the first work on legal philosophy and natural law written in England, "a brilliant, comprehensive and intellectually satisfying attempt to construct a systematic theory of law"
- Condition:
- Contemporary sheep, later label, the spine quite rubbed with three small holes, a fourth small hole in one leaf, ex Gloddaeth Library; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-80120
- Price:
- $ 450.00
- Category:
- equity, 16TH CENTURY, philosophy of law, natural law
- Author:
- Collins, Arthur
- Title:
- The Life Of that Great Statesman William Cecil, Lord Burghley . . . To which is added, His Character by the Learned Camden . . . With Memoirs of the Family of Cecil, Faithfully collected from Records, Manuscripts, and other Authorities. ESTC T144847
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robert Gosling . . . and Thomas Wotton [etc.], London, 1732.
- Description:
- Only edition of the highly regarded biography of Cecil, the great statesman and "right arm" of Elizabeth, this seemingly a unique copy with an early portrait of Cecil inserted as a frontispiece, below which his authentic signature is pasted
- Condition:
- Modern crimson morocco, extra gilt, the joints somewhat rubbed, yet quite luscious, possibly large paper, ?signature of Lord Thurlow; the Taussig copy
- Book No.:
- W-80174
- Price:
- $ 1250.00
- Category:
- biography, 16TH CENTURY
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