William Lambard (23 results)

Hardcover, no dust jacket. Slight wear on upper edge of text and slight dent on upper corners of cover. Otherwise VG 78 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [20], 509, [10]. 20th century full dark brown mottled calf. Incomplete. Lacks M4-5 (pp 167-170) and O4-5 (pp 199-202). Pollard & Redgrave 15164a.5 with Newbery 1583 printed on leaf A8 before the first text leaf. First printed in 1581. William Lambard (1536-1601) was an English antiquarian and author on legal subjects. Lowndes p1301 "Judge Blackstone speaks favorably about this work". Faint dampstaining to text, small wormtraces in upper corner, generally not affecting the text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. London, Professional Books, 1972 [facsimile edition]/ 1582. Octavo, 16, [viii], 512 [last one blank], [15] pages. Cloth slightly bumped at the head of the spine; leading edge very lightly marked; an excellent copy. One of the Classical English Law Texts series; this volume has a 14-page introduction by the general editor, P.R. Glazebrook. With the name-stamp of Howard Zelling, sometime Supreme Court Judge of South Australia.

Hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine. 8vo 9'' x 6''. Contains xiv, 538 pp + 32 page publisher's catalogue, with frontispiece portrait, and map of the English Heptarchy, Carde of the Beacons was omitted. Very little spotting to some page margins and verso of the frontispiece, fraying of the cloth to the spine ends and in Very Good clean and square condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. KENT [Antiquarian].

Hardcover. 12mo, 276 pages. In Good minus condition. Fully bound in brown leather with gilt lettering on black spine label. Boards show heavy rubbing to corners and along edges with head edge of spine missing, splitting along front joint, and spine label partially worn off. Text block shows age toning to pages, writing in pen on title page, and ownership marking penned to front paste down. STC 15144. RWO Consignment. Shelved in Room G. This copy belonged to Frederick Pollock, an English jurist known for his work "History of English Law before the Time of Edward I" with F. W. Maitland. 1361767. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. London, Companie of Stationers, 1619. 8vo. 94pp. Usually found bound with the author's Eirenarcha, this is a scarce and separate edition. Enlarged from the edition of 1610. STC 15160. Old leather boards, a bit worn, rebacked and quite tight.

Hardcover. Later Edition. Octavo, 590 pages, [26], [54], 80 pages, [2]. In Very Good condition. Rebound in half leather with marbled boards. Spine has dark blue label with gilt lettering. Boards have light wear to bottom edge and slight warping to front cover. Textblock has light uneven age-toning to edges. Some creasing and light soiling to front free endpaper and title-page. The names of several prior owners on the title-page, and occasional emendations in a 17th century hand appear throughout the text. RW consignment. Shelved in Room G. 1352895. Special Collections.

First edition, second printing; 8vo (17.5 x 12 cm); woodcut title with woodcut arms to verso, woodcut device to last f. of text verso, woodcut initials, head and tailpieces, final blank f. present, MS note in pen to front free endpaper (retained from earlier binding) above partially obscured ownership inscription, annotation in pen to title upper margin, a little tightly bound, light soiling and occasional minor spotting, S1 and S2 gutter margin reinforced in tape, well-margined; modern half brown morocco, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine, later endpapers; [8], 511, [15]pp. The second appearance of this important legal manual on the administration of local justice in Tudor England, which remained the standard authority on the subject well into the modern age. The Eirenarcha (from the Greek for 'justice of peace') deals firstly with the office and duties imposed upon the Justices, from the origins of their authority, which derives directly from the King by letters patent, to their powers to put down riots and force entry, and secondly with the courts of quarter sessions where cases would be heard. Lambard[e] (1536-1601) was called to the bar in 1567 as a member of Lincoln's Inn. He is chiefly remembered for his activities as an antiquarian, publishing the first English county history with his Perambulations of Kent in 1570, and for his Eirenarcha, which drew upon his experiences as a member of the Commission of the Peace for Kent. The detailed list of indictments given in the fourth chapter of book two offers a fascinating insight into the fabric of sixteenth century society, with offences named for 'prophecying', anti-sacramentalism, rape of maid or child (under 10 years age), sodomy 'with man, or beast', prison breaks, and for the 'art of multiplication of gold or silver'. ESTC S108154; Beale T388.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. (Ref. L+ ) Half calf leather bound to marbled paper covered boards. Five band raised spine with gilt spine titles to red spine inlay and date to lower edge.Most likely rebound at later date. Edges rubbed with a liitle wear to head, heel and corners. A few small scuffs, rubbing to surfaces etc but generally good and very well bound. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste-down. Yellowing and a little smudging, tanning to endpapers and edges of prelims but generally very good contents and mostly unmarked. Owner's signature to lower edge/border of decorated main title page. Very scarce Elizabethan volume. Please message for photos or any other information.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Leatherbound. Covers worn, with corner missing. Bookplate inside front cover is James Burrow, who was the legal reporter of the Inner Temple in the 1700s. For a time he was president of the Royal Society. As vice president, Burrows was involved in the organizing of the observation of the Transit of Venus, and signing the Articles of Agreement between the Council of the Royal Society and Mr Charles Mason and Mr Jeremiah Dixon for their expedition to Bencoolen in the Island of Sumatra (they would be better known for the demarcation between North and South during the Civil War.).

Leather. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). A handsome edition of Eirenarcha by William Lambard bound together with his Duties of the Ministers of the Peace. With illuminated capitals. Black letter throughout. Collated: Both works complete referencing Copac. A sixteenth-century antiquarian and politician, William Lambarde was a writer on legal subjects. He was accepted to Lincoln's Inn, one of the four Inns of Court of London. Eirenarcha being an antiquated word for 'justice of the peace', this publication was a manual for the contemporary constables - a precursor to our modern policing system - and became the standard work on the subject. Rebacked in a quarter calf binding with morocco boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to boards. Bumping to extremities. Front joint starting but sound. Faded library stamp to boards. Ex libris bookplate to front pastedown. Library stamp to front and rear blanks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean but age toned. Contemporary ink annotations and marginal worming to title page and a few other pages. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Revised,corrected and enlarged. First collected by William Lambard front cover detatched Bookplate on endpaper.

Second edition recently rebound in full mahogany calf covered boards, five raised bands to the spine with gilt and morocco title label, simple blind tooling to the front and rear boards. 8vo 7¾'' x 5¾''. 588, 6 [pp] index. Both maps missing [single leaf map of England, and 8'' x 12'' fold-out map of Kent showing the beacons], now replaced with facsimiles on handmade paper, new end papers (Griffen Mill). Title page and first 14 leaves missing, facsimiles from a second edition bound-in. Lambarde was an English jurist and antiquary. In 1556 he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn and in 1568 he published a collection and transcript of Saxon laws. In 1574 he founded a hospital for the poor in Greenwich. Written in 1570 and first published in 1576, the book was the first county history published in Britain, in 1581 he published a manual for justices of the peace entitled 'Eirenarcha' and in 1601 he became keeper of the Tower records. Member of the P.B.F.A. KENT [Antiquarian].

Third edition rebacked saving the orignal calf covered boards, simple title label and gilt to the spine. 8vo 6½'' x 4½''. Original end papers saved. Contains xiv, 656 pp + 24 pp. Decorated by headpiece vignettes and initials, the 'Carde of the Beacons' was omitted although there is a catchword for it on p. 68. Lambarde was an English jurist and antiquary. In 1556 he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn and in 1568 he published a collection and transcript of Saxon laws. In 1574 he founded a hospital for the poor in Greenwich. Written in 1570 and first published in 1576, the book was the first county history published in Britain, in 1581 he published a manual for justices of the peace entitled 'Eirenarcha' and in 1601 he became keeper of the Tower records. Light toning to page margins, name to the top of the title page Mrs. Henley Docking. Member of the P.B.F.A. KENT [Antiquarian].

Second edition in calf covered boards, title label and gilt embellishments between five raised bands to the spine. 8vo 7¾'' x 5¾'' xiv, 588, 6 [pp] index. Single leaf map of England, 8'' x 12'' fold-out map of Kent showing the beacons. Lambarde was an English jurist and antiquary. In 1556 he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn and in 1568 he published a collection and transcript of Saxon laws. In 1574 he founded a hospital for the poor in Greenwich. Written in 1570 and first published in 1576, the book was the first county history published in Britain, in 1581 he published a manual for justices of the peace entitled 'Eirenarcha' and in 1601 he became keeper of the Tower records. Light toning to pages, general soiling to covers with rubbing to spine edges and corners, bookplate to upper paste down. Member of the P.B.F.A. KENT [Antiquarian].

First Edition. ISBN-13: 9781584772460; ISBN-10: 1584772468. Lambard[e], William. Eirenarcha: Or, of the Office of the Justices of Peace in Two Bookes, Gathered 1579 and Now Revised and Firste Published in the 24. Yeare of the Peaceable Reigne of our Gratious Queene Elizabeth. Originally published: London: Newbery, 1581.[viii], 511, [xv] pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772460; ISBN-10: 1584772468. Hardcover. New. $95. * Reprint of the first edition. This treatise is esteemed for its comprehensive and systematic account of the organization of local government under the justices of the peace at the end of the sixteenth century. It was the standard authority for several decades and often reprinted. Like many books of its kind, Eirenarcha offers a unique perspective on the society that produced it. This is evident in the descriptions of detailed indictments for such offenses as killing a man through witchcraft, raping a child or maid (the age of distinction was ten), hearing a Catholic Mass, practicing usury and operating a bowling alley. Lambard [1536-1601], a barrister, justice of the peace and legal historian, was also the keeper of records at the Rolls Chapel and the Tower of London.

First Edition. LAMBARDE, William. Archion, or, a Commentary upon the High Courts of Justice in England. London: for Daniel Frere, 1635. 16mo, period-style full dark brown mottled calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spine and covers, raised bands, all edges gilt; pp. (5), 280. $2600.First edition of Lambarde's influential first history of the King's Courtsa desirable copy beautifully bound in period-style elaborately gilt-decorated calf."By 1591 [Lambarde] had completed his greatest achievement in legal history, Archeion, or, A discourse upon the high courts of justice in England, which although it circulated extensively in manuscript, was published by his grandson only in 1635. Here he propounded a vision of political society grounded in historically validated laws and customs. He sought to trace the two essential components of this system of government, the common law and the prerogative, to an equally distant Anglo-Saxon past. As for parliament, Lambarde wrote, 'I see not how I can derive it from any other time, than from that, in which the German or English did set their first foot on this Land, to invade it' (W. Lambarde, Archeion, ed. C. H. McIlwain and P. L. Ward, 1957, 126-7). For him, the establishment of a firm basis for contemporary society could only mean an appeal to the past, and his conclusions were considered valid by those who began, as he did, with a belief in the continuity of institutions which could change their name and structure but not their essential functions. The precise extent of the prerogative and of the common law was a contentious issue, and Lambarde's writings and actions revealed a consistently high opinion of the latter, although not at the expense of the essential function of the former" (ODNB). "Archeion is an able historical summary of the position of the courts of common law, and of those newer courts and councils which had been developing so rapidly in the 16th century. It shows how hazy the relations of all those courts new and old were to each other in the Tudor period" (Holdsworth, 38). HLC I, 1112. Marvin, 444. NYU, 164. Title page skillfully rehinged; text generally clean. Gilt-decorated calf binding fine and beautifulan excellent copy of this scarce and influential work.

2 vols., in one, small 4to (163 x 102 mm), [2], 634, [84]; 94pp., first work with title within ornamental border, unobtrusive library perforation stamp, margins of title and first couple of leaves browned otherwise text is bright and clean, endpapers renewed, recent panelled calf to style, morocco spine label. The two works are often bound together but were issued separately. The main work is an account of the organisation of local government under the justices of the peace at the time. STC, 15173, 15159.

Two works bound together, small octavo; title, 634, [88] pp.; 94 pp. (Duties of Constables); contemporary limp vellum with faint manuscript lettering to spine. A handsome compendium of two early legal manuals: these early seventeenth-century handbooks of common law were prepared for local magistrates, at the time known as Justices of the Peace. The Eirenarcha was written by English magistrate and luminary William Lambard (1536-1601); the work is remarkable for its clarity, easy style and use of pragmatic precedent. The author was a Justice of the Peace for Kent and used his considerable personal experience to produce a common law handbook in comprehensible English free from tortured legalese. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography states the Eirenarcha is 'written in a clear and unaffected style, this manual remained for a long time the standard authority'. In seventeenth-century England local magistrates were sourced from landholders and the aristocracy, many of whom were unfamiliar with legal terminology. The Eirenarcha was written for this audience, and the result is an amazing insight into everyday life and law in Elizabethan England (the book was first published in 1581 and remained substantially unchanged through later editions). Witchcraft prohibitions exist alongside modern laws such as those regarding concealed pistols, while a strong anti-Catholic theme is evident throughout. . Title-page discoloured with some loss of the fore-edge, neatly laid down, preliminary leaves thumbed, frayed at corners and generally a bit damped, last few leaves of the second book chipped at corners with seventeenth century manuscript notations; overall good in worn contemporary limp vellum with faint manuscript lettering to spine.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1588 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 737 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 737.

London: Printed for the Companie of Stationers 1614. BOUND WITH BY THE SAME AUTHOR: The Duties of Constables Borsholders Tythingmen and such other Lowe and Lay Ministers of the Peace. . London 1614. Sm. thick 8vo. Orig. full old calf rubbed & slightly worn. Spine with morocco titling-label. 2 6368294pp. Fore-edge of text extensively damaged with minor loss of text. Title-page printed within an ornate border. An early legal treatise.

London: Newbery, And H. Bynnean. 1582. Second ed. (illustrator). London: Newbery, And H. Bynnean. 1582. Second ed. An Interesting Perspective on Elizabethan England Lambard(e), William [1536-1601]. Eirenarcha: Or of the Office of the Iustices of Peace, In Two Bookes: Gathered 1579. And Now Revised, And First Published, In the 24. Yeere of the Peaceable Reigne of Our Gratious Queene Elizabeth. London: Imprinted by Ra. Newbery, And H. Bynnean, 1582. [vii], 511, [15] pp. Octavo (6-1/4" x 4-1/2"). Recent period-style paneled calf, blind fleurons to inside panels, raised bands and blind ornaments to spine, early hand-lettered title to fore-edge of text block. Title printed within woodcut architectural border, woodcut head-pieces, tail-pieces and decorated initials, woodcut arms of dedicatee, Sir Robert Bromley, facing dedication leaf, large woodcut device to verso of final leaf. Light toning to text, some edgewear to endleaves and title page. Brief early annotation to front endleaf, interior otherwise clean. An appealing copy. $1,500. * Second edition, one of two issues from 1582. Lambard, or Lambarde, a barrister and legal historian, was the keeper of records at the Rolls Chapel and the Tower of London. First published in 1581, Eirenarcha is esteemed for its comprehensive and systematic account of the organization of local government under the justices of the peace at the end of the sixteenth century. It was the standard authority for many years and often reprinted. Like many books of its kind, Eirenarcha offers fascinating insights into the society that produced it. This is evident in the detailed indictments for such offenses as murder via witchcraft, raping a child or maid (the age of distinction was ten), hearing a Catholic Mass, practicing usury and operating a bowling alley. Beale, Bibliography of Early English Law Books T388. English Short-Title Catalogue S108154.

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