Doctor and Student: Or, Dialogues Between a Doctor of Divinity and.

From Dublin to New York: The 1792 Doctor and Student Owned by James Kent's Pupil Saint Germain, Christopher [1460-1540]. Muchall, William, Editor. Doctor and Student: or, Dialogues Between a Doctor of Divinity and a Student in the Laws of England: Containing the Grounds of Those Laws; Together with Questions and Cases Concerning the Equity Thereof. Dublin: Printed by James Moore, 1792. Eighteenth edition. Octavo (8" x 5"). vi, [10], 344, [32] pp. Early twentieth century tan canvas, red and black lettering pieces to spine. Property stamps of the Association of the Bar City of New York to title page and title-page verso. Contemporary owner's signature "Henry Rogers Winthrop" to title page, with his likely manuscript annotations to page 19. Library shelf annotation to title-page verso. A very good copy. $450. Eighteenth edition, "Corrected and Improved." Written originally in Latin in 1523, this classic work contains two dialogues between a doctor of divinity and a student of English law. It popularized canonist learning on the nature and object of law, religious and moral standards, the foundations of common law, and the jurisdiction of Parliament. As a foundational text for the development of equity, Doctor and Student appeared in numerous editions and remained an authority well into the nineteenth century. This specific 1792 edition was produced by James Moore, one of Dublin's most prominent and ambitious late-eighteenth-century printers. Operating out of his well-known shop at No. 45 College Green, Moore specialized in high-quality legal treatises, parliamentary debates, and massive multi-volume reprint projects. Because British copyright restrictions did not legally apply to Ireland until the Acts of Union in 1800, Moore and his Dublin contemporaries could freely publish these affordable, handy editions. These "Dublin imprints" filled a vital gap for the legal market in the early American Republic, where British law books were otherwise scarce and prohibitively expensive. This copy features the signature and notes of Henry Rogers Winthrop (1811-1896), a prominent New York attorney. Winthrop studied law under the renowned Chancellor James Kent (1763-1847), the "American Blackstone" who shaped American equity jurisprudence. Winthrop's ownership bridges English legal tradition, early New York legal practice, and the.