mainwaring sir thomas (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. hardback, large 8vo, pp.8,(vi),323-550, owner's name on endpaper, slight foxing, otherwise clean and sound, blindstamped green cloth, gilt titles, corners bumped and slightly frayed at spine ends, Good condition.

London: Printed for S. Lowndes, 1673. (illustrator). London: Printed for S. Lowndes, 1673. Foundations of English Contract Law: A Technical Masterpiece on Medieval Marriage and Land Grants Mainwaring, Sir Thomas [1623-1689]. A Reply to an Answer to the Defence of Amicia, Daughter of Hugh Cyveliok Earl Of Chester. Wherein it is Proved, That the Reasons Alleadged by Sir Peter Leicester, In His Former Book, And Also in His Said Answer, Concerning the Illegitimacy of the Said Amicia, Are Invalid, And of No Weight At All. London: Printed for S. Lowndes, 1673. [ii], 105, [1] pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4"). Modern calf, blind rules to boards, gilt title to spine, endpapers renewed. Small scratch to rear board, light foxing to endleaves, upper corner of rear endleaf lacking. Title page printed in red and black. Light toning to interior, light foxing in a few places, initials "R.D." in early hand to head of title page, small early correction to p. 18. An attractive copy. $450. * Only edition. This tract is a cornerstone of the "Amicia Controversy," a high-profile 17th-century dispute over the legitimacy of Amicia, daughter of the Earl of Chester. Triggered by Sir Peter Leycester's Historical Antiquities (1673), the conflict erupted into a "vicious pamphlet war" of 15 tracts published over six years. Both Mainwaring and Leycester were trained at Gray's Inn, and their arguments are cited by modern scholars as a milestone in English historiography. Rather than a simple family feud, the tracts represent a sophisticated legal debate on early common-law authorities and 12th-century contract law regarding land grants in "free marriage." The issue was eventually escalated to the justices of Chester, who issued a final ruling in Mainwaring's favor. This specific tract is essential for those interested in English legal history or genealogy. English Short-Title Catalogue R10002.