exact abridgment statutes force use (8 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Zustand: Poor. Volume 4. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With owner's name and inscription inside cover. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Sold by R. Gosling. Medium brown leather 8vo with decorative blind border mirrored on boards. Raised bands and evidence of a missing title panel on backstrip. Bumped corners and heavy general shelf wear including some chipping to backstrip and front board. A few small stains on front board. Boards a little loose. Interior is secure, clean and clear save for some foxing and a little age toning. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:

Hard. Zustand: Good. Good. Bound in full calf contemporaneous with date of publication. Lower joint split. Five bands to spine. Hinges cracked. Includes fold-out table of the 'Assize of Bread'.

Leather. Zustand: Good. None (illustrator). A very scarce six volume study detailing the legal statutes of Great Britain throughout history, in uniform full calf bindings. Six very scarce eighteenth century volumes containing an abridged account of the legal statutes of England up to the tenth year of King George's reign. A fascinating historical reference work.The preface explains that the first four volumes 'contain the abridgments of all the statutes, from Magna Charta to the End of the reign of Queen Anne' as they had previously been abridged by Wingate and Washington. The fifth and sixth volumes detail statutes passed at the end of Queen Anne's reign, and the first ten years of the reign of King George.For the ease of the reader to use these volumes as reference works, the statutes of the first four volumes have for the first time been arranged alphabetically.To the centre of volume I is a folding plate identified as a 'Table of the Assizes of Bread' and providing pricing information for various loaves. From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty of the Edwardian period. Impeccably connected, Pleydell-Bouverie was also the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII, and rumoured to be a lover of King Edward VIII. A sparkling figure of fashionable society, her friends included Nancy Mitford, Coco Chanel, Winston Churchill, and Fred Astaire. This work is from the sale of Pleydell-Bouverie"s library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. She purchased the home in 1940, redesigning the interior and amassing an impressive library, featuring many examples of her own bookbinding. ESTC reference no. for volumes I-IV: N31274; for volumes V and VI: N2078 In full calf bindings. Minor losses to perimeters of spine labels to volumes I, IV and VI. Private library markings present to back strip of each volume. Small losses to back strip head of volume VI, and head and tail of vol I. Front and rear joint of volume III, front joint of VI and rear joint of IV starting, and held by cords only. Front joints of vols II and V slightly tender, but holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Good. book.

MAGNA CARTA (illustrator). A more complete edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches; 188 x 111 mm). [4], 726, [56, tables] pp. With publisher's advertisement and 56 pages of "more compleat and exact table than was before." We could only find one copy of this 1704 edition at auction. Early full calf. Boards double ruled and tooled in blind. Board edges stamped in gilt. Cracking along front and back outer joints but holding firm. Top of spine with some chipping. Boards lightly rubbed and bumped. Previous owner's armorial bookplate on front paste down. Some early ink ownership notes to front pastedown. The first half of the text's leaves are a bit toned, but the second half is very clean. Overall a very good copy. "This book, originally compiled in 1642 by parliamentarian, legal scholar, and mathematician Edmund Wingate summarizes the statutes of England and Wales by subject. New editions continued to be published after his death in 1656, including this one in 1704." (Willam and Mary Law School). "First published in 1642, Wingate's Exact Abridgment offered a shorter alternative to the lengthy compilations of Rastell and Pulton. A standard work, it was updated and reissued several times. Its final edition appeared in 1708." (The Law Book Exchange) ESTC T145387. HBS 69313. $1,000.

8vo, volume two only, [2], 468pp., contemporary full calf, a fine copy, protected by an early suede dust wrapper. Provenance: With the engraved armorial bookplate of Isaac Borrow of Holland in the County of Derby Esq. 1703, contemporary MS notes to front endpaper.

From Magna Carta to 1675 Wingate, Edm[und (or Edmond)] [1596-1656]. An Exact Abridgment of All Statutes in Force and Use. From the Beginning of Magna Carta Untill 1641. By Edm. Wingate of Grayes-Inne, Esq; With a Continuation, Under Their Proper Titles, Of All Acts in Force and Use, Untill the Year 1675. And Alphabetically Digested Under Apt Titles. Whereto is Annexed Four Tables Directing to the Several Matters and Clauses Throughout the Said Statutes. [London]: Printed by John Streater, Eliz. Flesher, and Henry Twyford, 1675. [viii], 512, 517-756, [136] pp. Woodcut of arms of England on leaf facing title page. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary calf, blind panels with corner fleurons to boards, rebacked in period style with raised bands and lettering piece, original endleaves retained. Some minor scuffs and scratches to boards, rubbing to board edges with wear to corners, hinges cracked. Moderate toning to text, occasional faint dampspotting, some edgewear to preliminaries, early annotations and pen doodles to endleaves, a few brief figures in tiny hand below arms of England. A nice copy. $400. * Fifth edition, revised. First published in 1642, Wingate's Exact Abridgment offered a shorter alternative to the lengthy compilations of Rastell and Pulton. A standard work, it was updated and reissued several times. Its final edition appeared in 1708. English Short-Title Catalogue R171954.