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The Fourth Part of Coke's Reports Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. Le Quart Part des Reportes del Edward Coke Chivalier, Lattorney General le Roy: De Divers Resolutions & Iugements Dones sur Solemnes Arguments, & Avec Graund Deliberation & Conference des Tresreverend Iudges & Sages de la Ley de Cases Difficult, En Queux sont Graund Diversities des Opinions, & Queux ne Fueront Unques Resolves, Ou Adiudges, & Reporte par Devant: Et les Raisons & Causes des Dits Resolutions & Iudgements; Publies en le Primier An (Le Printempts de Tout Heureusite) de Treshereux Regiment de Treshault & Tresillustre Iaques Roy Dengleterre, Fraunce, & Ireland, & De Escoce le 37. Le Fountaine de Tout Pietie & Iustice, & La Vie de la Ley. London: Excuss. per Assignationem Iohannis More Armigeri, 1635. [x], 128 ff. Text in Law-French and Latin. Folio (10-3/4" x 7"; 27.6 x 18 cm). Modern quarter morocco over cloth, gilt title, date and part number to spine, endleaves renewed. Light fading and negligible light shelfwear to spine, retained armorial bookplates, one of William Henry H. Reece, the other a monogram plate with the initials "K.P.", to front pastedown, to front pastedown, small circular sticker to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to interior, faint offsetting to first and final few leaves, light foxing in a few places, ink library stamp to verso of title page, occasional annotations and underlining in two early hands. $750. * Coke's Reports are not reports in the conventional sense; they are highly detailed anthologies of precedents organized by topic. Taken together, they form the most extensive and detailed treatment of common law pleading that had yet appeared. A work of immense authority, it was often cited as The Reports, there being no need to mention the author's name. The first editions, all in Law-French, were published from 1600-1615. A highlight of the fourth part is its inclusion of Slade's Case, which set an important precedent in contract law and reconciled conflicts between the courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas. The annotations in our copy are brief case citations, glosses and references to other reporters. William Henry Reece, Esq., F.S.A. [1812-1873], one of our copy's la ter owners, was the distinguished Warwickshire solicitor, antiquary, philanthropist, author and translator.