Adam Patrick WABAA
Adam WilliamABAA
Additional Observations on Bills of Exception Being a Supplement.
1836519431836. Edinburgh 1836. Only ed. Edinburgh 1836. Only ed. Rare Essay on Bills of Exception from the Library of Woburn Abbey Adam William 1751-1839. Additional Observations on Bills of Exception Being a Supplement to His Treatise on Trial by Jury. Edinburgh: Thomas Clark Law-Bookseller 1836. 41 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Contemporary cloth printed paper title label to spine. Some rubbing to extremities corners bumped front joint just starting at head light fading to spine and parts of boards. Armorial bookplate of Woburn Abbey dated 1873 to front pastedown "Bedford" in bold hand to front free endpaper one leaf partially detached but secure. Faint dampstaining to foot of text block light foxing internally clean. $150. Only edition. This is a supplement to Adam's Practical Treatise and Observations on Trial by Jury in Civil Causes 1836. Adam produced this "supplement" to answer the objections of the dean of faculty of the University of Edinburgh to his doctrine on bills of exception and elaborate his argument. The signature "Bedford" is probably that of William Russell 1809-1872 Eighth Duke of Bedford and the owner of Woburn Abbey or his son Francis Charles Hastings Russell 1819-1891 Ninth Duke. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 5:4. unknown books
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