A Report of Some Proceedings on the Commission for the Trial of the Rebels in the Year 1746, in the County of Surry; And of Other Crown Cases: to which are Added Discourses Upon a Few Branches of the Crown Law

Sir Michael Foster

Published by Sarah Cotter, Dublin, 1767

About this Item

A scarce second edition of this legal work by Michael Foster. The second Dublin edition. Scarce in any edition. Collated: Complete, with the tables of Names of Cases to the rear and original publisher's advertisements. Sir Michael Foster a distinguished lawyer, was Recorder of Bristol from 1735 and the following year became a sergeant-at-law. This work was Foster's most influential, and is divided in to two parts. The first part contains a series of law reports referred to as Crown Cases, and the second, known as Crown Law, serves as a text book in English criminal law. The cases covered in this work refer to the second Jacobite rising of 1745. Rebound in a cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally, in lovely condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean aside from some light marginal age toning and scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed. Seller Inventory # GEN14-D-25

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Report of Some Proceedings on the ...

Publisher: Sarah Cotter, Dublin

Publication Date: 1767

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Condition: Very Good Indeed

Book Type: book