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1765446London: A. Millar 1765. THIS COMPLETE FIVE VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN ORIGINAL FULL SPECKLED CALF BINDINGS SEVEN COMPARTMENTS AND SIX RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. SPINE ENDS AND LEATHER HINGES PROFESSIONALLY REPAIRED. BINDING AND HINGES ARE EXCELLENT MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITHOUT MARKS AND MINIMAL FOXING. BOOKS MEASURE 11.75"x9.5". SCARCE EDITION 259 YEARS OLD. A BEAUTIFUL SET IN GREAT CONDITION. FROM THE LIBRARY OF WILLIAM GRAVES WITH HIS BOOKPLATE TO INSIDE FRONT COVER. A. Millar unknown
172162778London:: Printed for A. More 1721. disbound. Some light spotting to first and last page. 8vo. Title in 17 lines. Printed for A. More, unknown
1766500045662London: T Osborne J Worrall and Co; A Millar; H Woodfall et al 1766. First Thus. . Hardcover. Poor. Folio. Volume 5 only L-Z. A reading copy only. Spine has only litle remains of leather and bands covers scuffed with very little remaining of marbling to boards.Boards detached ex Chester Law Library 544pp index. Earlier than the editions in The British Library <br/> <br/> T Osborne, J Worrall and Co; A Millar; H Woodfall et al hardcover
1762500045664London: Brown Worrall Schuckburgh 1762. 2nd Edition. . Hardcover. Poor. 4to. front board detached spine dry perished <br/> <br/> Brown, Worrall, Schuckburgh hardcover
1762500016065London: Browne Worrall Schuckburgh 1762. 2nd Edition. . Hardcover. Good. 4to. very nice internally.front board detached. surface loss to boards. Small loss to spine ends. Tear to hinge side of ffep. <br/> <br/> Browne, Worrall, Schuckburgh hardcover
1762500016064London: Browne Worrall Schuckburgh 1762. Second edition. . Hardcover. Poor. 4to. very nice internally.front board detached. surface loss to boards. Small loss to spine ends. <br/> <br/> Browne, Worrall, Schuckburgh hardcover
1762500016063London: Brown Worrall Schuckburgh 1762. 2nd Edition. . Hardcover. Good. 4to. very nice internally. worn boards cracked joints. <br/> <br/> Brown, Worrall, Schuckburgh hardcover
1759500045671London: Catherine Lintot Browne 1759. First Edition. . Hardcover. Poor. boards detached leather spine perished & piece missing. Last page 678 hence last 20 pages missing <br/> <br/> Catherine Lintot Browne hardcover
1778LTH28-A-11London: W Strahan and M Woodfall 1778. Leather. Fair. 14.5" by 9.5". None. A volume of this legal work by Matthew Bacon featuring notable legal cases. Volume I of original V. The fourth edition. Matthew Bacon was an eighteenth century commentator on the laws of England. This was his major work which collected court cases of interest to lawyers looking for precedents. Bacon died before completing the text and it was added to at later times by various authors. A fascinating piece of English history exploring the laws of the 18th century. In a full calf binding. Externally worn. Heavy rubbing and loss to boards and lifting of leather from boards. Library marking to spine. Front joint tender. Internally generally firmly bound although strained in places. Pages bright with spotting handling marks and age toning throughout. Old ink annotations throughout. Fair W Strahan and M Woodfall hardcover
17781803010030London: A. Strahan for T. Cadell 1778. 4th ed. Hardcover. Acceptable. 5 volumes complete. Folio 37 cm. Bound in contemporary sheep. Red morocco spine labels. Bindings worn. Hinges cracked. Covers rubbed dry. Vols. 1 & 2 covers scraped. Generally good internally but vol. 1 has some marginal tanning spotting mostly to prelims. Some dampstaining and discoloration in vol. 4. Vol. 4 front board detached. Sold with all faults. <br> A widely read work by colonial-era American lawyers. "The standard encyclopedia of common law on both sides of the Atlantic ocean in the 18th century." W. Hamilton Bryson Legal Education in Virginia 1779-1978 UVA 1982. 749-755 p. The organization of the work more closely resembles a legal encyclopedia with "a series of scientifically constructed treatises on all branches of the law alphabetically arranged." William Holdsworth A History of English Law Methuen Sweet and Maxwell 1938 12:169. Interestingly both Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson owned copies of this work and used it in their legal practice. An important work in the evolution of American legal thinking. <br> Early stamp's of W. H Lowdermilk & Co. Law Booksellers Washington D.C. Lowdermilk & Co. were legal booksellers at the turn of the century. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. London: A. Strahan, for T. Cadell hardcover
177232313Boston: Kneeland and Adams 1772. Wraps. Good. Disbound wraps approx. 8" x 5". 3-35 pages. Lacking the half title page. Light toning to contents. Paper trimmed. Previous owner name trimmed upper left corner. <br /> <br /> Evans 12318. Kneeland and Adams unknown
1798000566London: A. Strahan 1798. Very scarce Bacon title. This is not part of Bacon's New Abridgement of the Law which underwent many printings in the mid 18th and early 19th century but the first and only edition of a totally separate publication although the subject matter was indeed included in Bacon's Abridgement. The Advertisement at the front indicates that this book was published separately not out of the greed of the the proprietors Bacon et al but to pre-empt a piracy in progress - "Alarmed at such an attempt upon a work in which they were so deeply interested they endeavoured by remonstrances to prevail with the parties to relinquish their design; but these proving ineffectual no other means were left them of asserting their claims then by making a separate Publication of the Tract themselves". Full calf iv 251p. i p.245-352 rear endpaper absent. Externally quite worn with covers detached spine about gone. Text block firm with no loosened pages other than the first few which are detached. Pages have almost no foxing other than the title page no chips tears markings. Internally very clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A. Strahan Hardcover
1798692981798. Notable for Its "Curious and Diffuse Learning" Bacon Matthew fl. 1730. A Treatise on Leases and Terms for Years. London: Printed by A. Strahan 1798. iv 251 4 246-352 pp. Text continuous despite pagination. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Recent library buckram red and black lettering pieces gilt-stamped library name and paper shelf label to spine small security tag and embossed library name to front board library stamps to edges of text block and endleaves endpapers added hinges reinforced. Moderate toning and light foxing to text early owner signature W.A.F. Wilkinson and library annotation to title page library stamp to its verso. $350. First and only edition. This treatise was probably derived from a manuscriptby Sir Jeffrey Gilbert one of the manuscripts that formed the basis of Bacon's Abridgment 1736-1766. Whatever its origin this treatise was a respected authority. Blackstone cites it the Commentaries 1765-1769; Barton says it "contains a great deal of curious and diffuse learning" in his Elements of Conveyancing 1802. Blackstone and Barton cited in Marvin Legal Bibliography 84-85. English Short-Title Catalogue T128166. unknown books
17603000221London: D.Browne and A.Millar 1760. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. Fifth Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. " Collected from some Manuscript Notes of John Selden Esq " First published in 1647 The author was a lawyer and politician; being MP for Cambridge. Two parts in one pp 1 2 xix 203 ; xii 178 2 5 Contemporary calf with decorative gilt spine marbled end-papers. Internally very good with a little foxing joints cracking but sound moderate scuffing to the boards. An attractive copy. Scans available. D.Browne and A.Millar Hardcover
1739955P34London: Daniel Brown; Andrew Millar 1739. Leather. Near Fine. 12.5" by 8.5". None. A smartly bound copy of Nathaniel Bacon's exploration of the history of England through its legal and political institutions. An exploration of the history of the law and politics in England from the earliest times to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. A constitutional history of the country looking at the development of the civil and ecclesiastical institutions across the centuries.This work is of note in particular due to its discussion on the politics of Norman England as it is considered to be the first work to do so. The work is anti-clerical and favours government by an elected council.By Nathaniel Bacon from "some manuscript notes" by John Selden. Bacon was a Puritan lawyer and a politician who sat in the House of Commons. He was also the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty. Fourth edition stated to the title page.Collated complete. In a modern calf binding with renewed endpapers. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean with the occasional scattered spot. Near Fine Daniel Brown; Andrew Millar hardcover
1760B1846London: D. Browne and A. Millar c. 1760. Occasional faint foxing otherwise an excellent copy. Edition: Fifth edition Binding: Contemporary full calf upper and lower boards with gilt floral centerpiece within two thin gilt lines rebacked expertly preserving the original spine in six compartments of raised bands and a gilt diamond pattern gilt morocco label on two gilt text on six gilt tooling along board edges endpapers marbled. Notes: Nathaniel Bacon was the half brother of Sir Francis Bacon and the son of Nicholas Bacon. He was a member of the Suffolk committee for the defence against the Royalists an M.P. for Cambridge University and Master of requests during Richard Cromwell's protectorate. The book according to the Dictionary of National Biography is a sort of constitutional history of England showing much knowledge of the development of its institutions civil and ecclesiastical and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and hierarchical pretensions. Size: Large 4to Volume: Two volumes in one. References: Graesse I:247. Pages: P. title blank advertisement 2 half title blank advertisement iii-iv contents v-vi preface vii-viii index xiii-xix blank 1-203; half-title blank preface iii-xii 1-178 contents 2 index 5. Category: Book Social Sciences; Book History D. Browne and A. Millar hardcover
1760679661760. London 1760. 5th edition. London 1760. 5th edition. Selden's Historical Discourse Selden John 1584-1654 Bacon Nathaniel 1593-1660 Editor Attributed Author. An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England. Collected from Some Manuscript Notes of John Selden Esq; By Nathaniel Bacon Of Grays Inn Esq; Corrected and Improved by a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple. London: Printed for D. Browne and A. Millar 1760. iv viii xiii-xix 203 1; xii 178 8 pp. Complete. Quarto 11-1/4" x 9-1/4". Contemporary speckled calf raised bands to spine gilt fillets to boards gilt-stamped title on spine rubbed away. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks and scuffs to boards moderate rubbing to extremities joints and front hinge cracked negligible light gatoring to spine some chipping to spine ends corners bumped and somewhat worn early armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Moderate toning to text occasional light browning to outer edges of margins. $500. Fifth and final edition. Often attributed to Bacon the Historical Discourse "is a sort of constitutional history of England showing much knowledge of the development of the institutions civil and ecclesiastical and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and to hierarchical pretensions." DNB. "The first edition having become so rare a second edition was secretly printed in 1672 which was suppressed. It was again secretly reprinted in 1682 and the publishers were prosecuted. The 1682 edition appears to have been reissued in 1689 with the 1682 imprint" Sweet & Maxwell. Dictionary of National Biography I:836-837. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:99 9. English Short-Title Catalogue T108171. unknown
1760679661760. London 1760. 5th edition. London 1760. 5th edition. Selden's Historical Discourse Selden John 1584-1654 Bacon Nathaniel 1593-1660 Editor Attributed Author. An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England. Collected from Some Manuscript Notes of John Selden Esq; By Nathaniel Bacon Of Grays Inn Esq; Corrected and Improved by a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple. London: Printed for D. Browne and A. Millar 1760. iv viii xiii-xix 203 1; xii 178 8 pp. Complete. Quarto 11-1/4" x 9-1/4". Contemporary speckled calf raised bands to spine gilt fillets to boards gilt-stamped title on spine rubbed away. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks and scuffs to boards moderate rubbing to extremities joints and front hinge cracked negligible light gatoring to spine some chipping to spine ends corners bumped and somewhat worn early armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Moderate toning to text occasional light browning to outer edges of margins. $500. Fifth and final edition. Often attributed to Bacon the Historical Discourse "is a sort of constitutional history of England showing much knowledge of the development of the institutions civil and ecclesiastical and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and to hierarchical pretensions." DNB. "The first edition having become so rare a second edition was secretly printed in 1672 which was suppressed. It was again secretly reprinted in 1682 and the publishers were prosecuted. The 1682 edition appears to have been reissued in 1689 with the 1682 imprint" Sweet & Maxwell. Dictionary of National Biography I:836-837. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:99 9. English Short-Title Catalogue T108171. unknown books
1760693471760. Final Edition of Selden's Historical Discourse Selden John 1584-1654. Bacon Nathaniel 1593-1660 Editor Attributed Author. An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England. Collected from Some Manuscript Notes of John Selden Esq; By Nathaniel Bacon Of Grays Inn Esq; Corrected and Improved by a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple. London: Printed for D. Browne and A. Millar 1760. iv viii xiii-xix 1 203 1; xii 178 8 pp. Complete. Includes one-page publisher advertsiemenst. Quarto 11-1/4" x 9". Recent library buckram red and black lettering pieces gilt-stamped library name and paper shelf label to spine endleaves added blind-stamped library name and small security tag to front board. Light rubbing corners bumped library stamps to edges endleaves and title page front endleaf partially detached light browning and light foxing to text. Light soiling to title page gift inscription dated 1841 From C.A. Paulson to C.A. Paulson Jr. and owner signature of C.B. Paulson dated 1850 to head faint embossed library stamp to foot. $500. Fifth and final edition. Often attributed to Bacon the Historical Discourse "is a sort of constitutional history of England showing much knowledge of the development of the institutions civil and ecclesiastical and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and to hierarchical pretensions." DNB. "The first edition having become so rare a second edition was secretly printed in 1672 which was suppressed. It was again secretly reprinted in 1682 and the publishers were prosecuted. The 1682 edition appears to have been reissued in 1689 with the 1682 imprint" Sweet & Maxwell. Dictionary of National Biography 1:836-837. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:99 9. English Short-Title Catalogue T108171. unknown books
1756140104à Leyde, chez les Libraires Associés, M. DCC. LVI. 1756 2 volumes. In-16 17 x 9,5 cm. Reliures de l’époque veau havane moucheté, dos à nerfs encadrés de fers dorés, piéces de titre et de tomaison maroquin rouge et vert, vignette au titre, bandeaux, lettrines, culs-de-lampe, [1]-416-II-[1] f.-[1]-434-[3] pp., tables des matières. Ex-libris humide Bibliothèque de Leugny.
17551748A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, 1755, 1755 Tome I : (1bl), (1), 411 p., (1) Tome II : (1bl), (1), 347 p., (1) 2 vol in-12, en plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos à 5 nerfs orné de fleurons, pièces de titre et de maroquin rouge, tranches rougies. deux volumes sur trois.
1778325641778 2 volumes in-8, plein veau granité, dos ornés d'un riche décor romantique de compartiments garnis dun fer spécial répété, grecque et palette dorés, pièces de titre de tomaison de veau noir, plats encadrés d'une roulette dorée, tranches jaspées (rel ca 1830), (1), 424 p. et (1) f., (2) f., 428 p. Leyde, Libraires Associés, 1778.
1755106641755 Amsterdam, Artskee et Mercus, Paris, se trouve chez Desaint et Saillant, 1755; 2 volumes in-12°, plein veau marbré de l'époque, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, dos lisse orné de fers de feuillages, titre doré sur étiquette de maroquin rouge, tomaison sur étiquette vert foncé, armoiries dorées en pied, tranches rouges; (IV) - 411 - (1)pp.; (II) -347 - (1)pp. Reliure frottée aux charnières et coupes, manques aux coiffes et coins émoussés, petite trace de mouillure en haut de plusieurs feuillets.
17754783London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1775. Octavo-sized title plus one leaf. Removed from a larger collection of acts. With creases from folds and some age toning otherwise near fine. Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty unknown books
17987355London: Printed by T. Bensley for J. Edwards 1798. Later printing. Full Leather. Very Good. Sm. 8vo. 4x2270pp. Cont. calf a bit worn rebacked in gilt decorated olive calf with red calf spine label. Printed by T. Bensley, for J. Edwards hardcover books
