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1758691481758. Philadelphia: W. Bradford 1758. Folio. Philadelphia: W. Bradford 1758. Folio. The First Retrospective Compilation of New Jersey Law An Interesting Association Copy New Jersey. Leaming Aaron Compiler. Spicer Jacob Compiler. The Grants Concessions And Original Constitutions of the Province of New-Jersey: The Acts Passed During the Proprietary Governments And Other Material Transactions Before the Surrender Thereof to Queen Anne The Instrument of Surrender And Her Formal Acceptance Thereof Lord Cornbury's Commission and Instructions Consequent Thereon. Collected by Some Gentlemen Employed By the General Assembly And Afterwards Published by Virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the said Province With Proper Tables Alphabetically Digested Containing the Principal Matters in the Book. Philadelphia: Printed by W. Bradford 1758. iv 763 pp. Folio 11-1/4" x 7". Contemporary calf blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing boards partially detached crack through center of backstrip wear to spine ends corners bumped and worn later owner bookplate of Robert Leaming Montgomery to front pastedown front free endpaper detached and somewhat edgeworn. Moderate toning to text faint dampspotting in places dampstaining to margins of title page and a few other leaves "J. Fisher Leaming Esq/ from Henry Pennington/ May 13 1850" to front free endpaper tipped-in annotation in early hand concerning the Monmouth Patent to following endleaf later owner inscription of John Lawrence dated 1812 to head of title page. Book housed in lightly rubbed recent cloth slipcase morocco lettering piece to spine. An interesting association copy. $2000. First edition. With indexes for East Jersey and West Jersey. The third official compilation of New Jersey law and the scarcest according to Felcone it is the first to print fundamental laws constitutions and documents from 1663 to 1702 and session laws from 1668 to 1702. "This handsome volume generally known as Leaming and Spicer's Laws was prepared under the authority of an act of Assembly passed in 1752 and is the largest work issued from the press of Wm. Bradford. Subscribers' names were first solicited in February 1755 the compilers having spent nearly two years in its preparation. Three more years were consumed in printing and it was not until May 1758 that i. unknown books
1758652631758. Philadelphia: W. Bradford 1758. Folio. Philadelphia: W. Bradford 1758. Folio. The First Retrospective Compilation of New Jersey Law New Jersey. Leaming Aaron Compiler. Spicer Jacob Compiler. The Grants Concessions And Original Constitutions of the Province of New-Jersey: The Acts Passed During the Proprietary Governments And Other Material Transactions Before the Surrender Thereof to Queen Anne The Instrument of Surrender And Her Formal Acceptance Thereof Lord Cornbury's Commission and Instructions Consequent Thereon. Collected by Some Gentlemen Employed By the General Assembly And Afterwards Published by Virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the said Province With Proper Tables Alphabetically Digested Containing the Principal Matters in the Book. Philadelphia: Printed by W. Bradford 1758. iv 763 pp. Folio 11-1/4" x 7". Later sheep raised bands black fillets and red and black lettering pieces to spine. Light rubbing to boards and spine and extremities small recent bookseller ticket to front pastedown. Internally quite clean and fresh with very light foxing in places small tear to fore-edge of leaf Z6 pp. 549-550. A very appealing copy. $2000. First edition. With indexes for East Jersey and West Jersey. The third official compilation of New Jersey law and the scarcest according to Felcone it is the first to print fundamental laws constitutions and documents from 1663 to 1702 and session laws from 1668 to 1702. "This handsome volume generally known as Leaming and Spicer's Laws was prepared under the authority of an act of Assembly passed in 1752 and is the largest work issued from the press of Wm. Bradford. Subscribers' names were first solicited in February 1755 the compilers having spent nearly two years in its preparation. Three more years were consumed in printing and it was not until May 1758 that it was ready for delivery. Up to that time 170 copies had been subscribed for and the editors say in the Pennsylvania Journal May 11. 1758 'a number of copies yet remain not subscribed for' and 'any person may be supplied' until 'the 17th of July next after which we will not further extend the sale'": The Charlemagne Tower Collection of American Colonial Laws 165. Benedict Acts and Laws of the Thirteen Original Colonies and States 270. Felcone New Jersey Books 156. unknown books
179819505Mauritius August 3 1798. Some slight loss from the seals; a little browned and soiled; in very good condition. 3 pages on a folded sheet plus integral address 12.5 x 8 inches approx. 480 words. Scandal and affairs of the heart from the remote outposts of American commerce. The American consul to the French colony in the Indian Ocean here writes back to New York "I have to inform you of having dispatched your Ship Huron Capt. Brown for Newport R. Island she left this Colony on 26 May for Bourbon to complete her chargement & sailed from thence about 15 days after for America ñ I must add the malconduct of your Capt. here has been very injurious to the Voyage by forming a connection with a bad woman who came passenger with him from Bordeaut sic ñ with the greatest difficulty he was made to sail without taking this person with him however the whole Island interfered against it & prevented her leaving the Colony because she was a favourite Actress & much wanted on the Stage however she is placed here at the expence of Capt. Brown who has placed funds in the hands of Mr. Roussell Manssell to be appropriated for her benefit and althoà Mr. Roussell is not ignorant that he has a family near Boston in the town of Marblehead he has become the confident & friend in this vile business. Capt. Brown on his arrival addressed himself to me & after finishing a part of his business because I declined the propositions made me respecting the Woman I explained to him with candour his Faults he after placed his property with Mr. Roussell who has engaged to pay her expences until Capt. B. returns to marry her. . . . This favourite woman in question was bound jointly with the other players in the sum of Ten Thousand dollars that she would tarry three years in the Colony in that Company of course these persons opposed her departure. Capt. Brown in order to effect it in my presence offered to destroy a bill of exchange of Ten Thousand dollars which was the amount of the passage money for the same persons. Since that transaction I have been kept in the dark for having found fault with Capt. BÃs conduct & threatening to put him in prison therefor - he did not choose to consult me thereafter." Lewis a Boston merchant had been appointed consul to Å’le de France by Adams and arrived in February 1798--but owing to the Quasi-War and the interruption of commerce betwen the United States and France arrived back in Boston with his family in June 1799. See the National Archives annotation to the summary memorial of Lewis to Thomas Jefferson March 20 1801. Captain Brown of the Huron is certainly Elias Brown; a notice in the Halifax N.C. Journal of October 15 1798 dated Newport September 15 reports the arrival of Brown and the Huron and news that he had prior to his adventures in love been boarded somewhere east of the Cape by the British frigate Garland on June 28--seven of his seamen were impressed and Brown was detained before escaping under cover of a squall. Brown further reports "that the national soldiers were all sent from the Isle de France but that the reports of it being declared independent are false." The first theatre troupe had been established in Port Louis in 1790 by a M. Laglaine though there was a hiatus after the smallpox epidemic of 1792 and one presumes the colonists were not likely to take kindly to seeing a keystone of their local entertainment whisked away by a Yankee merchant captain. For a glance at theatre in Mauritius and some sense of the upheavals on the island in 1798--though this affair does not seem to merit mention--see the 1840 memoir by Andre Maure Souvenirs d'un vieux colon de Maurice. Samuel Ward 1756-1832 the owner of the merchant brig Huron was a Revolutionary War veteran from a prominent Rhode Island family. Neat contemporary arithmetic problems in contemporary ink on the cover page. August 3, unknown books
178625988Ephrata: The Cloister 1786. First edition 4to pp. 6 250 2; printed in black letter throughout; engraved vignette pasted on title page; prelims and terminals waterstained small tear in the lower margin of title not touching letterpress old ownership signature at the top of the title page of Christian Stauffer 1736-1808 and a 30-line poem also presumably by him on the final blank leaf as well as a few marginal annotations; contemporary full calf front cover detached but present; the whole in a new cloth clamshell box. An abstract of the diary of the Brotherhood which had been kept by Brother Lamech and continued and edited by Brother Jaebez Agrippa i.e. Johan Peter Miller. Brother Lamech has been identified as Jacob Gass by Seidensticker First Century of German Printing in America p. 117. Evans 19558: "This biography of Johann Conrad Beissel the founder of the Ephrata Community is the principal source of information regarding that remarkable institution. Brother Agrippa is Johann Peter Miller; and Brother Lamech's secular name is said to be Jacob Gass. An English translation was printed in Lancaster Pennsylvania in 1890." Howes G76 identifying this as the second issue of three with the title page seal pasted on. <br/><br/> [The Cloister] hardcover books
1774KK6504Goettingae: Impensis Victorini Bossiegel 1774. Editio Quarta. Hardcover. Very Good. Period full morocco spine gilt edges stained red ornate endpapers; 12mo 7 x 4.25 inches; pp. 14 432 22 index. Heavily scuffed; chipping at spine tips and along joints. Text block faintly browned but clean and unmarked excepting a contemporary ownership signature discreet even lovely on the FFEP. <br/><br/> Impensis Victorini Bossiegel hardcover books
1782043844Dessau: Societé Typographique 1782. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. 19th century half green morocco over marbled boards. Moderate foxing and browning throughout but clean otherwise. There was a Leipzig edition published in 1788. Mauvillon was powerful figure in 18th century German liberalism a proponent of a robust private sector and extreme laissez-fair governmental policy. xxiv 502 XV pp with 7 folding plates at the rear. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; Inventory No: 043844. <br/><br/> Societé Typographique hardcover books
179235774Leipzig: in Johann Friedrich Gleditschens Handlung 1792. ZINCKE Georg Heinrich. Thick octavo. Full pigskin with decorative tooling. 1f. title 8 Vorbericht . 1712 4 Vorrede . 1776 2 Errinnerung zu dieser neuen Ausgabe 16 Verzeichnis der Bücher 2492 columns. Title printed in red and black. Untrimmed. <br/><br/>Ownership mark in ink to foot of title; remnants of handstamp to verso. <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn soiled and bumped. Light browning and foxing throughout. 14th edition the last printed.<br/><br/>Johann Hübner 1668-1731 was a German geographer and noted pedagogue. He wrote only the preface to the first edition of Curieuses Natur-Kunst-Gewerck- und Handlungs-Lexicon 1712 but his name became associated with the encyclopedia for future editions compiled primarily by Marperger. The 1746 edition was expanded by Georg Heinrich Zincke 1692-1769 and then continually expanded by the publisher. in Johann Friedrich Gleditschens Handlung unknown books
1753431381753. Einleitung zum Consistorial-Process Darinnen. Einleitung zum Consistorial-Process Darinnen. Notable German Treatises on Bills of Exchange and Ecclesiastical Law Ludovici Jacob Friederich 1671-1723. Schlitte 1683-1748 Johann Gerhard Editor. Einleitung zum Wechsel-Process Darinnen von Denienienigen Fallen in Welchen Nach Wechsel-Recht Geklagt Werden Kan Gehandelt. Auch wie der Wechsel-Process von dem Sonst in Anderen Sachen Gebrauchlichen Modo Procedendi Abweiche von Stuck zu Stuck Deutlich Gezeiget. Halle: In Verlegung des Waysenhauses 1753. xxiv 420 28 pp. Bound with Einleitung zum Consistorial-Process Darinnen die Solcher Consistorial-Process von dem Sonst in Anderen Sachen Gebrauchlichen Modo Procedendi Abweiche von Stuck zu Stuck Deutlich Gezeiget. Halle: In Verlegung des Waysenhauses 1762. xx 182 14 pp. Quarto 8" x 6-1/2". Contemporary mottled sheep blind frames to boards raised bands lettering piece and gilt ornaments to spine rouged edges marbled endpapers. Rubbing with wear to extremities joints starting at ends scuff to front board. Title page of first work printed in red and black attractive woodcut head-pieces tail-pieces and decorated initials. Light foxing to most of text occasional light browning. Later owner signature to verso of front free endpaper interior otherwise clean. $500. Tenth editions. With indexes. Professor of Law at the University of Halle and an authority on civil law Ludovici was the first jurist to write a legal treatise in German. A prolific author he published works on a wide variety of legal topics. His work is notable for its clarity well-crafted syntheses and elegant prose style. The first title is a comprehensive treatise on the laws and legal procedure relating to bills of exchange. The second title deals with ecclesiastical law and church discipline. Both have notes by Schlitte a Privy Counselor to the Emperor of Prussia. Stintzing/Landsberg Geschichte der Deutschen Rechtswissenschaft III/1:136. unknown books
17740000222Leipzig: Bernhard Christoph Breitkopfs und Sohn 1774. Second edition. Contemporary calf. Very Good. 2nd edition. Folio Contemporary full calf with some ware and loss to ends of spine . Collation: 12 1-184 4p. with 51 copper-engraved plates. Internally this is a clean and bright copy with only minor spotting. <br/><br/>Leupold unlike his contemporary Newton was a designerand builder of instruments. In this work Leupold provides information and illustration of numerous devices that he built that were useful in handling water. This is a posthumous reprinting of his earlier edition in 1724which was the 2nd volume of his larger work Theatrum machinarum. Bernhard Christoph Breitkopfs und Sohn unknown books
1716018394Halae Magdeburgicae: Apud Jo. Godofredvm Rengerum 1716. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Early Edition. Octavo 8vo. First work: xxx pages 309 pages of text followed by 37 pages of index. Previous owners name on title page and minor soiling. Second work by Johann Porst "Kurzer Auszug aus denen vornehmsten Koniglichen Preussischen Edicten und Verordnungen der Chur-Marck Brandenburg: nebst einem Anhange von Ehe-Sachen Blut-Freundschafft und Schwagerschaft." Berlin. Gottfried Gedicke. 1725. 160 pages. Very early decorative paper-covered boards with leather spine label; spine and corners are worn. No endpapers. Texts are lightly browned. Apud Jo. Godofredvm Rengerum Hardcover books
1733290309Straeda. : Johan N. Janet 1733 . 2nd Edition. Contemporary full leather raised bands leather clasps. . Good covers worn repairs to boards old ink name to ffep a little marginal worming at the gutters some mostly marginal staining to pages clasps weak. 4to. 19.5x13.5 cm. . Scarce Romansch language psalter with musical notation. weight: 1.8 lb. Johan N. Janet, hardcover books
1703283280Wilhelmi Metternich: Coloniae 1703. Full Leather. Very Good binding. In contemporary calf with faded decorations to the spine; title label has been replaced with an ancient hand-lettered paper label. 437 pages; index. Very Good binding. Coloniae unknown books
1749286557Amstelodami: Apud Petrum Justice 1749. Nova Editio. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Jacob Vaniere's Praedium Rusticum. A Jesuit priest Vaniere was best known for this poetic work sixteen books written in the style of Virgil's Georgics. Complete with portrait frontispiece engraved half title and 16 additional plates. Collates complete; 6 x 320 6 pp. Minor loss to the extremities of the spine and the bottom of the front joint. Full calf with gilt decoration and a leather label on the spine. All edges speckled red. Very Good. Very Good binding. Apud Petrum Justice unknown books
1772689501772. London 1772. 9th ed. London 1772. 9th ed. Ninth Edition of Jacob's Great Dictionary Jacob Giles 1686-1744. Ruffhead Owen 1723-1769 Editor. Morgan John Editor. A New Law-Dictionary: Containing the Interpretation and Definition of Words and Terms Used in the Law; As Also the Law and Practice Under the Proper Heads and Titles. Together With Such Learning as Explains the History and Antiquity of the Law: Our Manners Customs And Original Government. Collected and Abstracted From All Dictionaries Abridgments Institutes Commentaries Reports Year-Books Charters Registers Chronicles And Histories Published to This Time. Adapted for the Use of Barristers Students and Practisers of the Law Members of Parliament Justices of Peace Clergymen And Other Gentlemen &c. London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall 1772. ii iv 972 pp. Main text printed in parallel columns. Folio 13-1/2" x 8-3/4". Contemporary calf rebacked in period style blind fillets to boards raised bands lettering piece and gilt author name and date to spine hinges mended. Light rubbing and some minor scuffs and scratches to boards moderate rubbing to extremities corners bumped and somewhat worn owner signature Rev. George Nibbs/ Ejus Liber/ June the 26. 1818 to front free endpaper. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places light soiling to a few leaves. $750. Ninth edition "Corrected and Greatly Enlarged." As Cowley has pointed out A New Law-Dictionary was both Jacob's masterpiece and "an entirely new departure in legal literature" that provided a model for several subsequent efforts. In contrast to earlier works each entry summarizes all of the laws relating to the subject and offers extensive interpretive commentary. Obsolete terms are omitted. It was recognized almost immediately that Jacob created a highly useful legal encyclopedia that was more detailed and concise than any other abridgment of the period. An extremely popular work that went through twelve editions between 1729 and 1800 it offers unparalleled insights into Anglo-American law during the eighteenth century. Cowley A Bibliography of Abridgements Digests Dictionaries and Indexes to the Year 1800 217. English Short-Title Catalogue T137464. unknown books
1782688131782. London: Printed by W. Strahan & W. Woodfall 1782. London: Printed by W. Strahan & W. Woodfall 1782. Tenth Edition of Jacob's Great Dictionary Jacob Giles 1686-1744. Morgan John Editor. A New Law-Dictionary: Containing the Interpretation and Definition of Words and Terms Used in the Law; As Also the Law and Practice Under the Proper Heads and Titles. Together With Such Learning as Explains the History and Antiquity of the Law: Our Manners Customs And Original Government. Collected and Abstracted From All Dictionaries Abridgments Institutes Commentaries Reports Year-Books Charters Registers Chronicles and Histories Published to This Time. Adapted for the Use of Barristers Students and Practisers of the Law Members of Parliament Justices of Peace Clergymen And Other Gentlemen &c. London: Printed by W. Strahan and W. Woodfall 1782. Unpaginated. Main text printed in parallel columns. Folio 13-1/2" x 8-1/2". Contemporary calf rebacked in period style blind fillets to boards blind fillets and retained contemporary lettering piece to spine hinges mended. Light rubbing to boards moderate rubbing to board edges corners bumped and somewhat worn early owner bookplates to front pastedown and free endpaper. Moderate toning and faint spotting to text some offsetting to margins of preliminaries and final text leaves and rear endleaves. A handsome copy. $450. Tenth edition "Corrected and Greatly Enlarged." As Cowley has pointed out A New Law-Dictionary was both Jacob's masterpiece and "an entirely new departure in legal literature" that provided a model for several subsequent efforts. In contrast to earlier works each entry summarizes all of the laws relating to the subject and offers extensive interpretive commentary. Obsolete terms are omitted. It was recognized almost immediately that Jacob created a highly useful legal encyclopedia that was more detailed and concise than any other abridgment of the period. An extremely popular work that went through twelve editions between 1729 and 1800 it offers unparalleled insights into Anglo-American law during the eighteenth century. Cowley A Bibliography of Abridgements Digests Dictionaries and Indexes to the Year 1800 217. English Short-Title Catalogue T137458. unknown books
1782D3132London: Printed by W. Strahan and W. Woodfall 1782. Good. Calf. Boards detached. Nice bright text block. Bookplate of John Hodgetts Foley. <br/><br/> Printed by W. Strahan and W. Woodfall hardcover books
1768598411768. The First Layman's Guide Published in America Jacob Giles 1686-1744. Every Man His Own Lawyer: Or A Summary of the Laws of England In a New and Instructive Method Under the Following Heads Viz. I. Of Actions and Remedies Writs Process Arrests and Bail. II. Of Courts Attornies and Solicitors Therein Juries Witnesses Trials Executions &c. III. Of Estates and Property in Lands and Goods And How Acquired Ancestors Heirs Executors and Administrators. IV. Of the Laws Relating to Marriage Bastardy Infants Ideots Lunaticks. V. Of the Liberty of the Subject Magna Charta the Habeas Corpus Act and other Statutes. VI. Of the King and his Prerogative the Queen and Prince Peers Judges Sheriffs Coroners Justices of Peace Constables &c. VII. Of Publick Offences Treason Murder Felony Burglary Robbery Rape Sodomy Forgery Perjury &c. and Their Punishment. All of Them so Plainly Treated of That All Manner of Persons May be Particularly Acquainted With Our Laws and Statutes Concerning Civil and Criminal Affairs And Know How to Defend Themselves and Their Estates and Fortunes An All Cases Whatsoever. Corrected and Improved With Many Additions from Lord Raymond Comyn Strange Foster And with the Statute Law Down to 4 Geo. 3. Inclusive. New-York: Printed by Hugh Gaine 1768. iv 289 13 pp. Octavo 7-1/4" x 4-1/2". Contemporary sheep blind fillets and decorative blind tooling to boards. Moderate rubbing to extremities some chipping to spine ends corners bumped and lightly worn a few minor scuffs to boards hinges cracked light browning to text. Early owner signature to rear pastedown interior otherwise clean. $2200. First American edition designated the seventh on the title page in reference to the prior six editions published in London. This popular layman's guide by one of the most prolific legal writers of eighteenth-century England went through ten English editions between 1736 and 1788. The mention of "All Manner of Persons" in the subtitle is significant. Jacob though certainly interested in boosting sales by attracting the widest audience possible was an idealist who believed that widespread knowledge of the law would help create a more just society. This is also evident in his other publications such as The Common Law Common-Placed 1726 and Treatise of Law. unknown books
1741LV1792London:: Henry Lintot for T. Woodward D. Browne J. Shuckburgh T. Osborne and W. Smith E. Wicksteed 1741. 1741. 8vo. viii 522 22 pp. Index. 20th-century half calf over blue buckram 5 raised spinal bands gilt-stamped red leather spine label; cloth lightly rubbed. Title-page signature upper margin. Very good. Fourth edition "with large Additions and Amendments and the Precedents in English." This comprehensive treatise on landlord and tenant was one of Jacob’s most successful works first issued in 1713. Jacob "a native of Romney Hampshire received a legal education and subsequently became steward and secretary to the Hon. Wm. Blathwayt. Jacob was the author of more than thirty works of which twenty-five were law books. Of all these publications the only ones now in request are: 1. Complete Court-Keeper or Land-Steward’s Assistant" and three others CDEL p. 859. Allibone Samuel Austin and John Foster Kirk. "Jacob Giles." Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors Living and Deceased from the Earliest Accounts to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: 1859. Henry Lintot for T. Woodward, D. Browne, J. Shuckburgh, T. Osborne and W. Smith, E. Wicksteed, 1741. hardcover books
177247937London: printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall . for J. Beecroft et al. 1772. Folio pp. 6 and unpaginated lexicon in double column; full contemporary calf red morocco label on spine; lower joint cracked top of spine chipped level with text block otherwise a very good sound copy. Includes "the history and antiquity of the law and our manners customs and original government collected and abstracted from all dictionaries abridgments institutes commentaries reports yearbooks charters registers chronicles and histories published to this time." Vancil p. 119; not in Zischka. <br/><br/> printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall ... for J. Beecroft [et al.] unknown books
1767674181767. London 1767. 4th ed. London 1767. 4th ed. "Rudiments of the Law" Jacob Giles 1686-1744. A Law Grammar; Or Rudiments of the Law; Compiled From The Grounds Principles Maxims Terms Words of Art Rules And Moot Points of Our Law In a New Easy And Very Concise Method. For the Particular Instruction of young Gentlemen Either at Schools Colleges Or the Universities Or Privately Educated Attorneys Clerks And Other Persons; Whereby they Will Acquire a Great Deal More Useful Learning in the Law Than by Any of the Books yet Published. Carefully Revised with Additions. London: Printed by His Majesty's Law-Printers 1767. 2 iv 202 6 pp. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 4". Contemporary sheep blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints which are neatly reinforced raised bands and lettering piece to spine hinges mended. Light rubbing and a few minor scuffs to boards some chipping to spine ends rear joint starting at head corners bumped and somewhat worn. Moderate toning to text later owner signature to head of title page. $250. Fourth edition. First published in 1744 This terse but wide-ranging compendium went through 11 more editions by 1792. Typical of Jacob's work it was aimed at a broad spectrum of readers. Jacob though certainly interested in boosting sales by attracting the widest audience possible was an idealist who believed that widespread knowledge of the law would help create a more just society. This is also evident in his other publications such as A Treatise of Laws 1721 The Common Law Common-Placed 1726 and Every Man His Own Lawyer 1736. English Short-Title Catalogue N10268. unknown books
1750371931750. London 1750. 6th ed. London 1750. 6th ed. 1750 Edition of Jacob's Seminal Dictionary Jacob Giles 1686-1744. Holt Sir John 1642-1710. A New Law-Dictionary: Containing The Interpretation and Definition of Words and Terms used in the Law; and Also the Whole Law and the Practice Thereof Under All the Heads and Titles of the Same. Together With Such Informations Relating Thereto as Explain the History and Antiquity of the Law and Our Manners Customs and Original Government. Collected and Abstracted From All Dictionaries Abridgments Institutes Reports Year-Books Charters Registers Chronicles and Histories Published to This Time. And Fitted for the Use of Barristers Students and Practisers of the Law Members of Parliament and Other Gentlemen Justices of the Peaces Clergymen &c. The Law-Proceedings Being Done Into English with Great Additions and Improvements to this Time. To Which is Annexed a Table of References to All the Arguments and Resolutions of the Lord Chief Justice Holt; in the Several Volumes of the Reports. London: Printed by Henry Lintot 1750. Unpaginated. Printed in double columns. Folio 14" x 9". Contemporary calf raised bands blind-stamped fillets to boards later lettering piece. Wear to edges and corners scuffs to boards and backstrip chipping to spine ends boards partially detached but secure. Early owner inscription to front free endpaper another to title page interior otherwise clean and fresh. $450. Sixth edition. According to Cowley the New Law-Dictionary First edition 1729 was both Jacob's masterpiece and "an entirely new departure in legal literature" that provided a model for several subsequent efforts. In contrast to earlier works each entry summarizes all of the laws relating to the subject and offers extensive interpretive commentary. Jacob was also careful to omit obsolete terms. It was recognized almost immediately that Jacob had created a highly useful legal encyclopedia that was both more detailed and concise than any other abridgment of the period. An extremely popular work that went through twelve editions by 1800 it offers unparalleled insights into Anglo-American law during the eighteenth century. Cowley A Bibliography of Abridgements Digests Dictionaries and Indexes to the Year 1800 xc-xci 244. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Co. unknown books
1732693291732. An Entirely New Departure in Legal Literature" Jacob Giles 1686-1744. A New Law-Dictionary: Containing The Interpretation and Definition of Words and Terms Used in the Law; and Also the Whole Law and the Practice Thereof Under All the Heads and Titles of the Same. Together With Such Informations Relating Thereto as Explain the History and Antiquity of the Law and Our Manners Customs and Original Government. Collected and Abstracted From All Dictionaries Abridgments Institutes Reports Year-Books Charters Registers Chronicles and Histories Published to This Time. And Fitted for the Use of Barristers Students and Practisers of the Law Members of Parliament and Other Gentlemen Justices of Peace Clergymen &c. With Large Additions. To Which is Annexed a Table of References to All the Arguments and Resolutions of the Lord Chief Justice Holt; In the Several Volumes of the Reports. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and Richard Gosling 1732. 796 pp. Main text printed in double columns within ruled borders. Folio 13-1/2" x 8-1/4". Later pebbled cloth gilt title and ornaments to spine endpapers renewed. Corners bumped tiny bit of shelf-label residue to foot of spine library stamps to edges of text block and front free endpaper two library bookplates to front pastedown. Moderate browning occasional faint dampspotting faint dampstaining along gutter in a few places. $450. Second edition. As Cowley has pointed out A New Law-Dictionary was both Jacob's masterpiece and "an entirely new departure in legal literature" that provided a model for several subsequent efforts. In contrast to earlier works each entry summarizes all of the laws relating to the subject and offers extensive interpretive commentary. Obsolete terms are omitted. It was recognized almost immediately that Jacob created a highly useful legal encyclopedia that was more detailed and concise than any other abridgment of the period. An extremely popular work that went through twelve editions between 1729 and 1800 it offers unparalleled insights into Anglo-American law during the eighteenth century. Cowley A Bibliography of Abridgements Digests Dictionaries and Indexes to the Year 1800 xc-xci 223. English Short-Title Catalogue N10098. unknown books
1739694651739. Fourth Edition of Jacob's Great Dictionary Jacob Giles 1686-1744. A New Law-Dictionary: Containing The Interpretation and Definition of Words and Terms Used in the Law; and Also the Whole Law and the Practice Thereof Under All the Heads and Titles of the Same. Together With Such Informations Relating Thereto as Explain the History and Antiquity of the Law and Our Manners Customs and Original Government. Collected and Abstracted From All Dictionaries Abridgments Institutes Reports Year-Books Charters Registers Chronicles and Histories Published to This Time. And Fitted for the Use of Barristers Students and Practisers of the Law Members of Parliament and Other Gentlemen Justices of Peace Clergymen &c. Corrected With Farther Large Additions and the Law-Proceedings Done Into English. To Which is Annexed a Table of References to All the Arguments and Resolutions of the Lord Chief Justice Holt; In the Several Volumes of the Reports. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling 1739. 806 pp. Main text printed in double columns. Folio 13-1/2" x 8-1/2". Contemporary reversed calf blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints raised bands and lettering piece to spine early repair to rear joint. Light rubbing and a few scuffs and light stains to boards moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners which are bumped joints and hinges cracked but secure endleaves removed inkspatters to pastedowns. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places light foxing to a few leaves. $500. Fourth edition. As Cowley has pointed out A New Law-Dictionary was both Jacob's masterpiece and "an entirely new departure in legal literature" that provided a model for several subsequent efforts. In contrast to earlier works each entry summarizes all of the laws relating to the subject and offers extensive interpretive commentary. Obsolete terms are omitted. It was recognized almost immediately that Jacob created a highly useful legal encyclopedia that was more detailed and concise than any other abridgment of the period. An extremely popular work that went through twelve editions between 1729 and 1800 it offers unparalleled insights into Anglo-American law during the eighteenth century. Cowley A Bibliography of Abridgements Digests Dictionaries and Indexe. unknown books
1729688321729. London 1729. 1st ed. London 1729. 1st ed. First Edition of Jacob's Great Dictionary Jacob Giles 1686-1744. A New Law-Dictionary: Containing The Interpretation and Definition of Words and Terms Used in the Law; and Also the Whole Law and the Practice Thereof Under All the Heads and Titles of the Same. Together With Such Informations Relating Thereto as Explain the History and Antiquity of the Law and Our Manners Customs and Original Government. Collected and Abstracted From All Dictionaries Abridgments Institutes Reports Year-Books Charters Registers Chronicles and Histories Published to This Time. And Fitted for the Use of Barristers Students and Practisers of the Law Members of Parliament and Other Gentlemen Justices of Peace Clergymen &c. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling 1729. 772 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Folio 13" x 8-1/4". Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth raised bands and lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Moderate toning faint dampspotting in places faint dampstaining to lower corners of first five leaves. A handsomely bound copy of a landmark title. $1000. First edition. As Cowley has pointed out A New Law-Dictionary was both Jacob's masterpiece and "an entirely new departure in legal literature" that provided a model for several subsequent efforts. In contrast to earlier works each entry summarizes all of the laws relating to the subject and offers extensive interpretive commentary. Obsolete terms are omitted. It was recognized almost immediately that Jacob created a highly useful legal encyclopedia that was more detailed and concise than any other abridgment of the period. An extremely popular work that went through twelve editions between 1729 and 1800 it offers unparalleled insights into Anglo-American law during the eighteenth century. Cowley A Bibliography of Abridgements Digests Dictionaries and Indexes to the Year 1800 217. English Short-Title Catalogue T137460. unknown books
1729688611729. London 1729 1st ed. London 1729 1st ed. First Edition of Jacob's Great Dictionary Jacob Giles 1686-1744. A New Law-Dictionary: Containing The Interpretation and Definition of Words and Terms Used in the Law; and Also the Whole Law and the Practice Thereof Under All the Heads and Titles of the Same. Together With Such Informations Relating Thereto as Explain the History and Antiquity of the Law and Our Manners Customs and Original Government. Collected and Abstracted From All Dictionaries Abridgments Institutes Reports Year-Books Charters Registers Chronicles and Histories Published to This Time. And Fitted for the Use of Barristers Students and Practisers of the Law Members of Parliament and Other Gentlemen Justices of Peace Clergymen &c. With Large Additions. To Which is Annexed a Table of References to All the Arguments and Resolutions of the Lord Chief Justice Holt; In the Several Volumes of the Reports. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling 1729. 772 pp. Main text printed in double columns. Folio 13-1/4" x 8-1/2". Contemporary paneled calf rebacked raised bands and gilt author name to spine. Light rubbing and scuffing to boards heavier rubbing to extremities spine ends worn joints just starting at ends corners bumped and worn front hinge cracked recent owner bookplate to front pastedown. Light toning somewhat heavier in places faint dampstaining to fore-edges of preliminaries minor chips and tears 2 small scuff-holes to leaves Bbb2 and Bbb3 with minor loss to text one with minor loss to legibility. Copies of those leaves supplied as laid-in facsimiles. A scarce edition of a landmark work. $750. First edition. As Cowley has pointed out A New Law-Dictionary was both Jacob's masterpiece and "an entirely new departure in legal literature" that provided a model for several subsequent efforts. In contrast to earlier works each entry summarizes all of the laws relating to the subject and offers extensive interpretive commentary. Obsolete terms are omitted. It was recognized almost immediately that Jacob created a highly useful legal encyclopedia that was more detailed and concise than any other abridgment of the period. An extremely popular work that went through twelve editions between 1729 and 1800 it offers unparalleled insights into Anglo-American law during the eighteenth century. Co. unknown books
