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Published by Allison Publishing Co., Newark, OH, U.S.A., 1893
Seller: SUNSET BOOKS, Newark, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st. Seller's image, know what you are getting! Pre-packing weight is 3 lb. 7.9 oz . Has start of fraying on spine ends and corners. Has highly cracked Front hinge, has light browning throughout. Has tissue on the Frontispiece. Has NO Owner markings noted! See Picture! The Copyright date is 1893 for this 1893 Printing. This volume was purchased at Local Public sale. Thank you for your purchase from Sunset Books! Help Promote World Literacy, GIVE a Book as a GIFT!! In stock, Ships from Ohio. WE COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES!!!! SEE PICTURES!!!!! ANY ODD/GREEN TONES ON THE SCANS ARE CAUSED BY MY SCANNER!! All of our Technical/Textbook/Ex-Library volumes were obtained legally through Public or Auction sales. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.
Published by Historical Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1893
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. B/W Illus (illustrator). 1st. First Edition, First Printing; 505 clean, unmarked pages; brown c w/some wear at spine/tips; hinges pulled Size: 4 vo.
Published by Manson Publishing, 2008
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Condition: Good. 2008. First Edition. 288 pages. Signed by the author. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Colour photographs throughout. Flat signed by author to title page. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Some page corners folded. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Published by University Of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., 2004
ISBN 10: 0226746410ISBN 13: 9780226746418
Seller: Eryops Books, Stephenville, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Softcover; in fine condition. Book.
Published by Smith College, 1921
Seller: James Cummings, Bookseller, Signal Mountain, TN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With an introduction and notes by John Spencer Bassett. Small tear to head of spine.
Published by The Hearst Corporation, New York, 1982
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: The Hearst Corporation, 1982. The July, 1982 issue of Science Digest, Volume 90, Number 7. Quarto, illustrated stapled wraps, 112 pp. Near Fine - very near fine, with just micro points of edge wear and some age-toning to the newsprint portion of the textblock (one section of the pages in Science Digest at this time in its life was printed on newsprint, and invariably shows some modest toning), and that's about it. See scans. See scanned image of contents page for detail on the diversified articles on Genetic Double Standard; J. Allen Hynek on Matters Celestial, a new monthly feature; Resurrecting Extinct Species ; Government Attempts to Censor Cryptologists; The New Science of Sociobiology; Geothermal Energy; Scientists in Search of the Soul; The Phantom of Saturn's Rings; Microwar; Intergalactic Cafe; Gold Bugs; Einstein on Wheels; Organ Capsules; The Vindication of Vitamin E; The Secret Life of Charles Darwin; and many more items. See scans. L-pr4.
Published by Manson Publishing, 2008
ISBN 10: 1840760885ISBN 13: 9781840760880
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, 288 pp, 301 colour and black and white illustrations, card covers, a fine copy.
Published by J. M. Dent London 1909, 1909
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st ed. thus full leather Nice copy 12 mo. x + 167pp., frontis., Temple Classics. Nice copy in olive leather boards with gilt titles & decoration at spine & bright owl motif on the upper board. Decorated red & black title-page similar to Everyman's Library. A nice copy.
Published by Selden Society: Quaritch, GB, 1927
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Very clean tight text but endpapers heavily browned. Sound covers are clean but slightly marked and a bit rubbed at extremities. Still Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.
Published by University of Chicago Press (1956), 1956
ISBN 10: 0226264068ISBN 13: 9780226264066
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN 0226264068. Trade Paperback. Tight sound unmarked copy in Good to Very Good condition. No Signature.
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Publication Date: 2014
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
ISBN-13: 9781584772729; ISBN-10: 1584772727. Selden's Famous Reply to Mare Liberum Selden, John. Mare Clausum. Of the Dominion, or, Ownership of the Sea. Two Books: In the First, is Shew'd that the Sea, by the Law of Nature, or Nations, is Not Common to All Men but Capable of Private Dominion or Proprietie as well as the Land in the Second, is Proved That the Dominion of the British Sea, or That Which Incompasseth the Isle of Great Britain, is, and Ever Hath Been, a Part or Appendant of the Empire of that Island. Written at First in Latin and Entituled Mare Clausum, Seu, De Dominio Maris. Translated into English and set Forth with Some Additional Evidences and Discourses by Marchamont Nedham. Originally published: London: William Du-Gard, 1652. [xlvi], 500, [2]; [10], 37 pp. Reprinted 2004, 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772729. ISBN-10: 1584772727. Hardcover. New. $48.95 * Reprint of the first edition in English. Mare Clausum (Dominion of the Sea) is the most famous British reply to the argument of Grotius's Mare Liberum, which denied the validity of England's claim to the high seas south and east of England. Selden [1584-1654], argued that England's jurisdiction extends, in fact, to all waters surrounding the isles. His use of common-law principles to rebut Grotius's philosophical argument is quite impressive. Holdsworth notes that his case was enriched by "a vast historical knowledge," replete with references to the customs of peoples from the times of the Greeks to his time.": Holdsworth, A History of English Law V: 10-11.
Published by Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1987
ISBN 10: 0198124562ISBN 13: 9780198124566
Book First Edition
24 x 16,5 cm. Condition: Gut. 1. Auflage. Porträttafel, CXII, 592 S. Innen sehr sauberer, guter Zustand. Leineneinband, mit den üblichen Bibliotheks-Markierungen, Stempeln und Einträgen, innen wie außen, siehe Bilder. Einband sehr gut mit silbernem Titeldruck. MIG-11-02A|A25 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1220.
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Published by J. M. Dent & Co.,, London,, 1899
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition Thus. Hardback. 12mo. (15cm by 9.5cm) pp [4], 60. Bound in half black leather with marbled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt at the spine with all edges gilt. First edition printed for E. Smith in the year 1689. Frontispiece of John Selden. Bookplate on the front pastedowns of Adelaide Spofford with spine hinges and corner edges slightly rubbed overall sound, very good with clean text.
Published by Quaritch,, 1927
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present) and plates, free endpapers mildly browned; blue boards, oatmeal buckram back lettered in gilt, uncut, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Includes list of Selden Society publication to date. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Published by B. Quaritch, 1942
Seller: Karl Eynon Books Ltd, Tywyn, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xxxvi, 369 pp 4to HB. Fine copy with clean mostly uncut pages. No previous ownership markings. Blue cloth HB.French and Latin text with English translation on opposite pages. Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. Great Britain; Selden Society; Yearbooks; Edward II; Searle.
Published by London, William Pickering, 1847,, 1847
Seller: Harteveld Rare Books Ltd., Fribourg, Switzerland
First Edition
kl. in-8vo, engraved front.-portr. + CXXXIV + 1 ll. + 258 p., full calf binding, edges and floral border gilt, spine discolored & stained, book-cover with gilt decoration. 3 edges gilt. The most well-known work of J. Selden that was posthumely published in 1689 by his secretary Milward. Selden was jurist, politician and one of the most important orientalists of his time. Our book is the most competent issue in the first edition. Afterwards it was several times published. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Stolleis 574 ff.; Brit. Encycl. XX/295 f.
Published by London : B. Quaritch, 1942
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: The publications of the Selden Society ; volume LXI; The Year Books Series. Physical description: 1 volume, 369 pages. 26 cm. Notes: French and Latin text with English translation on opposite pages. Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. Great Britain; Selden Society; Yearbooks; Edward II; Searle, William. 1 Kg.
Published by London : B. Quaritch, 1942
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: The publications of the Selden Society ; volume LXI; The Year Books Series. Physical description: 1 volume, 369 pages. 26 cm. Notes: French and Latin text with English translation on opposite pages. Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. Great Britain; Selden Society; Yearbooks; Edward II; Searle, William. 1 Kg.
Published by Oxford / Clarendon, 1987
ISBN 10: 0198124562ISBN 13: 9780198124566
Seller: St Philip's Books, P.B.F.A., B.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st edition. ~Light foxing to top edges. No ownership marks. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request. Size: cxii, 592pp., frontis. No dustwrapper. Binding firm, text unmarked.
Published by Orr & Smith, London, 1835
Seller: Meiwes, Stuttgart, Germany
First Edition
First Edition. 22 cm, viii, 374 pp.; fine leather binding decorated floral corners. Marbled edges. Front cover loose. Small chip of the spine is missing. Engraved armorial bookplate ex libris of Fulke Southwell Greville.Colonel Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville ( 1821-1883) was an Irish politician. With a portrait of Selden.
Published by William Pickering, London., 1847
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition thus: Biographical Preface and Notes by S.W. Singer. Small octavo. pp cxxxvi, 257, [1] Corrigenda. At the end are 23 pages of Notes assistance with which Singer acknowledges was provided by ''a gentleman''. This was in fact Edward Fitzgerald. Originally published in 1689, thirty-five years after Selden's death, the book was compiled by his amanuensis Richard Milward. Period binding of full dark green morocco with raised bands, elaborate gilt decoration to spine and boards, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt. Two armorial bookplates: Alan & Dorothy Agnew; Strode family.One leaf becoming loose. Offsetting from frontispiece onto title-page. Some wear to joints. Very good. Attractive binding.
Publication Date: 2006
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
ISBN-13: 9781584774082; ISBN-10: 1584774088. With a New Introduction by Steve Sheppard Selden, John. Tracts Written by John Selden of the Inner-Temple, Esquire. The first Entituled, Jani Anglorum Facies Altera, rendred into English, with large Notes thereupon, by Redman Westcot, Gent. The Second, England's Epinomis. The Third, Of the Original of Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions of Testaments. The Fourth, Of the Disposition or Administration of Intestates Goods. The Three last never before Extant. Originally published: London: Printed for Thomas Basset at the George in Fleet-Street, and Richard Chiswell, 1683. 9" x 12." [xxxiii], 131; [7], 39; [4], 24 pp. With a new introduction by Steve Sheppard, William Enfield Professor of Law, University of Arkansas School of Law. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774082. Hardcover. New. $195. * Reprint of first edition. In three parts; each part has separate title page; the last two tracts form the third part. The first two tracts, Jani Anglorum (The Reverse or Back-Face of the English Janus) and England's Epinomis, discuss the development of the common law and the English constitution through Magna Charta. Holdsworth regards Selden "as the first scientific historian of English law" and goes on to say that "his great intellectual qualities justify us in regarding him both as the pioneer of the select band of English legal historians, and one of the most eminent of its representatives.": The Historians of Anglo-American Law 50-51.
Publication Date: 1739
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
London, 1739. 4th edition (illustrator). London, 1739. 4th edition. Selden's Historical Discourse Selden, John [1584-1654] Bacon, Nathaniel [1593-1660], Editor, Attributed Author. An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England, From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England. Collected from Some Manuscript Notes of John Selden, Esq; By Nathaniel Bacon, Of Grays Inn, Esq; Corrected and Improved by a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple. London: Printed for Daniel Browne. and A. Millar, 1760. Two parts. [iv], viii, xiii-xix, 203, [1]; xii, 178, [8] pp. Leaves between [iv] and xiii-xix bound out of order. Text complete. Folio (12-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary calf, gilt rules to boards, gilt-edged raised bands and lettering piece to spine, speckled edges, blind tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and some shallow scuffing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, boards beginning to separate, but quite secure. Title page printed in red and black. Light toning to interior, light soiling to upper margins and light foxing in a few places, minor worming to front pastedown and free endpaper, light browning and offsetting to title page and sections of following leaf, upper-outside corner removed from title page with no loss to text. $200. * Fourth edition. Often attributed to Bacon, the Historical Discourse "is a sort of constitutional history of England, showing much knowledge of the development of the institutions, civil and ecclesiastical, and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and to hierarchical pretensions." (DNB). "The first edition having become so rare a second edition was secretly printed in 1672 which was suppressed. It was again secretly reprinted in 1682 and the publishers were prosecuted. The 1682 edition appears to have been reissued in 1689 with the 1682 imprint" (Sweet & Maxwell). The final edition, the fifth was published in 1760. Dictionary of National Biography I:836-837. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:99. English Short-Title Catalogue T142997.
Published by Printed for Jacob Tonson, London, 1696
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Hardback, full-calf. Pp. [7], 192. 2nd edition 1696. Some cracking to outer joints, but binding remains firm. Previous owners' bookplates to end-papers. Scarce. (bs16).
Published by Frankfurt, J. Schrey u. H. J. Meyer, 1696., 1696
Seller: Versandantiquariat Wolfgang Friebes, Graz, Austria
First Edition
Condition: 0. Erste lat. Ausgabe des Werkes des berühmten englischen Juristen und Politikers über verschiedenste Ehren-Titel (kirchliche, adelige, weltliche, akademische usw.). - Einband etw. bestoßen u. fleckig. Rücken m. kl. Nummernschildchen, Rücken m. kl. Nummer. Innendeckel m. Spur eines entfernten Aufklebers. Tlw. Wurmspuren. Unterschiedlich, häufig jedoch stark gebräunt. - Graesse VI, 343. la Gewicht in Gramm: 2000 4°. Titel in Rot u. Schwarz. Mit gest. Titelportrait, 6 Kupfertafeln u. zahlr. tlw. ganzs. Textholzschnitten. 15 Bll., 288, 690 (recte 688) S., 38 Bll., Pgmt. d. Zt. m. durchzogenen Bünden u. goldgepr. Rückenschild.
Published by Typis Jacobi Flesher, sumptibus Cornelii Bee, Londini (London), 1652
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: g+ to vg. First edition. Folio (13 3/4 x 9 1/4"). [2] leaves (Half-title and title page), [8]pp (Introduction by Roger Twysden), XLVIII, [8]pp, 1284 columns (642pp). Modern tan linen, with original gilt-lettered leather label to spine. Title page in red and black lettering. Decorative initial. First part (of two) of "Historiae Anglicanae Scriptores Decem," a pioneering work of English medieval history containing the Latin texts of the chronicles of Simeon of Durham, John, prior of Hexham, Richard, prior of Hexham, Aelred of Rievaulx, Ralph de Diceto, John Brompton of Jervaulx, Gervase of Canterbury, Thomas Stubbs, William Thorne and Henry Knighton. This first volume contains the chronicles of the first six chroniclers (from Simeon of Durham to John Brompton of Jervaulx included). Also contains a double engraved in-text illustration (at top of columns 339/340), and an engraved in-text illustration at bottom of column 1114. Modern endpapers and fly leaves. The first six leaves as well as the last leaf were expertly repaired along inner margin. The Index leaf numbered xlix / l is missing. Text in Latin. Binding in overall very good, interior in good+ to very good condition. Sir Roger Twysden, 2nd Baronet (1597-1672), of Roydon Hall in Kent, was an English historian and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1640. (From Wikipedia).
Publication Date: 1647
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
London: M.F. Prostant Apud Guil. Lee & Dan Pakeman (illustrator). London: M.F. Prostant Apud Guil. Lee & Dan Pakeman. First Printing of Selden's Edition of Fleta and His Ad Fletam Dissertatio Selden, John [1584-1645], Editor. Fleta, Seu Commentarius Juris Anglicani Sic Nuncupatus, Sub Edwardo Rege Primo Seu Circa Annos ab Hinc CCCXL. Ab Anonymo Conscriptus, Atque e Codice Veteri, Autore Ipso Aliquantulum Recentiori, Nunc Primum Typis Editus. Accedit Tractatulus Vetus de Agendi Excipiendique; Formulis Gallicanus, Fet-Assavoir Dictus. Subjungitur Etiam Joan. Seldeni ad Fletam Dissertatio Historica. London: Typis M.F. Prostant Apud Guil. Lee, & Dan. Pakeman, 1647. [viii], 64, 63-452, [2], 453-553, [3] pp. Pagination irregular, text complete. Quarto (8-3/4" x 6-3/4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, rebacked with raised bands, blind fillets, lettering piece and gilt date to spine, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing and a few shallow scuffs and scratches to boards, front board separating but secured by cords, moderate rubbing to extremities, rear joint cracked, light wear and chips to spine and spine ends, corners bumped and worn, later bookplate (of V.A. Cowan) to front pastedown. Title page printed in red and black. Moderate toning to interior, light browning in places, minor worming to lower gutter, text not affected, light soiling in a few places, faint dampstaining to pp. [vi]-[viii], early ownership signatures (of Wm Davies and John Shepheard) to title page. $350. * First edition. The work by an anonymous author describes the practice of the courts, the forms of writs and an explanation of law terms as they existed during the reign of Edward I. Selden brought this ancient treatise to the public's attention and was instrumental in its publication. While Bracton earns the highest praise as the father of legal learning, Fleta earns a share of it for the illustrations he offered to some of the obscurities found in Bracton. Selden's appended dissertation (pp.453-553) contains many interesting observations about Bracton, Britton, Fleta, and Thornton "and shows what use was made of the Imperial law in England whilst the Romans governed here, at what time it was introduced into this nation, what use was formerly made of it, how long it continued, and when the use of it totally ceased in the King's Courts at Westminster" (Bridgman). Bridgman, A Short View of Legal Bibliography 87.
Publication Date: 1760
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
London, 1760. 5th edition (illustrator). London, 1760. 5th edition. Selden's Historical Discourse Selden, John [1584-1654] Bacon, Nathaniel [1593-1660], Editor, Attributed Author. An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England, From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England. Collected from Some Manuscript Notes of John Selden, Esq; By Nathaniel Bacon, Of Grays Inn, Esq; Corrected and Improved by a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple. London: Printed for D. Browne and A. Millar, 1760. [iv], viii, xiii-xix, 203, [1]; xii, 178, [8] pp. Complete. Quarto (11-1/4" x 9-1/4"). Contemporary speckled calf, raised bands to spine, gilt fillets to boards, gilt-stamped title on spine rubbed away. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks and scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, joints and front hinge cracked, negligible light gatoring to spine, some chipping to spine ends, corners bumped and somewhat worn, early armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Moderate toning to text, occasional light browning to outer edges of margins. $500. * Fifth and final edition. Often attributed to Bacon, the Historical Discourse "is a sort of constitutional history of England, showing much knowledge of the development of the institutions, civil and ecclesiastical, and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and to hierarchical pretensions." (DNB). "The first edition having become so rare a second edition was secretly printed in 1672 which was suppressed. It was again secretly reprinted in 1682 and the publishers were prosecuted. The 1682 edition appears to have been reissued in 1689 with the 1682 imprint" (Sweet & Maxwell). Dictionary of National Biography I:836-837. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:99 (9). English Short-Title Catalogue T108171.
Publication Date: 1760
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.
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Final Edition of Selden's Historical Discourse Selden, John [1584-1654]. Bacon, Nathaniel [1593-1660], Editor, Attributed Author. An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England, From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a Vindication of the Antient Way of Parliaments in England. Collected from Some Manuscript Notes of John Selden, Esq; By Nathaniel Bacon, Of Grays Inn, Esq; Corrected and Improved by a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple. London: Printed for D. Browne and A. Millar, 1760. [iv], viii, xiii-xix, [1], 203, [1]; xii, 178, [8] pp. Complete. Includes one-page publisher advertsiemenst. Quarto (11-1/4" x 9"). Recent library buckram, red and black lettering pieces, gilt-stamped library name and paper shelf label to spine, endleaves added, blind-stamped library name and small security tag to front board. Light rubbing corners bumped, library stamps to edges, endleaves and title page, front endleaf partially detached, light browning and light foxing to text. Light soiling to title page, gift inscription dated 1841 (From C.A. Paulson to C.A. Paulson, Jr.) and owner signature (of C.B. Paulson, dated 1850) to head, faint embossed library stamp to foot. $500. * Fifth and final edition. Often attributed to Bacon, the Historical Discourse "is a sort of constitutional history of England, showing much knowledge of the development of the institutions, civil and ecclesiastical, and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and to hierarchical pretensions." (DNB). "The first edition having become so rare a second edition was secretly printed in 1672 which was suppressed. It was again secretly reprinted in 1682 and the publishers were prosecuted. The 1682 edition appears to have been reissued in 1689 with the 1682 imprint" (Sweet & Maxwell). Dictionary of National Biography 1:836-837. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:99 (9). English Short-Title Catalogue T108171.
Leiden, Elzevier, 1638, in-12°, 120 mm, (60)nn pp + 428 pp, title printed in red & black. Bound in contemporary brown calf, two double ruled gilt borders on both covders, with cornerpieces and central monogram S.A.V.D.E. Covers and edges rubbed. Raised gilt spine, ( joints split, head and tail damaged, tail repaired). First Elzevier edition of this study on inheritance law within the Jewish legal tradition. A few passages printed in Hebrew, edition in Latin.