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A Treatise on the Law of Elections In All Its Branches. Corrected.
1795707801795. Pioneering English Treatise on Election Law Simeon John 1756-1824. A Treatise on the Law of Elections In All Its Branches. Corrected and Enlarged. London: Printed by A. Strahan 1795. xx 210 cxxvii 13 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Contemporary calf rebacked in period style gilt-edged raised bands and lettering pieces to spine front endpapers and rear free endpaper renewed. Negligible light rubbing and a few scuffs to boards moderate rubbing and a few nicks to board edges corners bumped and moderately worn front hinge cracked partial crack between final two leaves of index. Moderate toning to text faint dampstaining to head of text block short clean tear to margin of leaf Y4 pp. cxvii-cxviii not affecting text. A handsome copy. $750. Second and final edition. With extensive index containing extracts from election cases. "We have seen that Douglas the reporter in the court of King's Bench had also made reports of election cases which he published in 1775-177 and that other reports of election cases began to appear about the same time. The publication of these reports gave an opportunity for a more logical treatment of the subject which was provided by Simeon's book.": Holdsworth History of English Law XII:346. The first edition which has less content was published in 1789. English Short-Title Catalogue N14028. unknown books
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