The Law-French Dictionary Alphabetically Digested; Very useful for all young Students in the Common Laws of England. To which is added, The Law-Latin Dictionary: Being An Alphabetical Collection of such Law-Latin Words as are found in several Authentic Manuscripts, and Printed Books of Precedents. Collected out of the best Authors, by F.O.

[Law - French & Latin] O. (F.)

Published by Printed for Isaac Cleave. and John Hartley, 1701

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FIRST EDITION, with an extra (smaller) leaf with contemporary notes bound ; uniformly toned with the odd page of foxing pp. [2], A-T4 [2], [i, interleaved manuscript addition], B-Q8, R4, 2A-2Q8, 2R4, 8vo, contemporary calf, spine with raised bands and gilt-lettered morocco label; edges worn, head of spine fraying with slight loss, hinges cracked but holding, boards with a few marks and abrasions with a split at the lower edge of the upper cover. First edition of of this important dictionary of French and Latin legal terms, written to aid lawyers in the translation of the Year Books, old deeds and other early documents. It includes references various legal authors of the seventeenth century, such as Brook, Coke, Crompton, Fitzherbert, Littleton and Plowden. This copy with an extra leaf, annotated in a contemporary hand with further Latin terms in common legal parlance. ESTC T113117. Seller Inventory # 75661

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Title: The Law-French Dictionary Alphabetically ...

Publisher: Printed for Isaac Cleave. and John Hartley

Publication Date: 1701