Cases at Large Concerning Tithes; Containing All the Resolutions.

London, 1783. 3 Vols. Only edition. An Exhaustive Study of Tithes Rayner, John, Editor. Cases at Large Concerning Tithes; Containing All the Resolutions of the Respective Courts of Equity, Particularly Those of the Exchequer, Taken from the Printed Reports, And Manuscript Collections, Mostly by Sir Samuel Dodd, Late Lord Chief Baron, Never Before Published; Together with All the Appeals in the House of Lords, To and in Trinity Term, 22 Geo. III. To Which is Prefixed, An Introduction, Comprehending a Concise View of the Whole Law of Tithes, With Observations on Several Cases of Appeal, That have Been Adjudged Within the Last Ten Years, Of His Present Majesty's Reign; Likewise A Full Vindication of the Clergy, Respecting Their Suits for Tithes: Also An Appendix of Acts of Parliament, With Readings, Particularly on Stat. 13 Eliz. Chap. 10. And Chap. 20. On Which Acts, And the Construction of Them, Depends the Whole Learning Respecting, And the Validity of, All Alienations of Ecclesiastical Livings at this Day. The Whole upon an Entire New Plan, And Digested in a Chronological Series; With Proper Tables of the Cases, &c. And a Complete Copious Index to the Principal Matters. London: Printed by W. Strahan and W. Woodfall, 1783. Three volumes. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in morocco, raised bands and gilt titles to spines, endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing to extremities, a few scuffs to boards, corners worn, crack in Volume I text between front free endpaper and following leaf. Some toning to text, a few early annotations in each volume. Ex-Birmingham Law Society library. Institution name and insignia to boards, bookplates to front pastedowns, inkstamps to preliminaries. A solid set. $300. * Only edition. Probably the most exhaustive study of this topic produced in the eighteenth century, it includes all cases from 1575 to 1782. It is a useful companion to the treatises on tithes by such authors as Bohun and Selden. English Short-Title Catalogue T94808.…