The Pleader's Assistant, Containing a Select Collection of Precedents

"Drawn and Settled by the Most Eminent Counsel of the Time" [Pleading]. [Great Britain]. The Pleader's Assistant; Containing a Select Collection of Precedents of Modern Pleadings, In the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, &c. Viz. Declaration, Avowries, Pleas, Replications, Rejoinders, Demurrers, &c. In a Variety of Actions: Including the Most Usual as well as More Special Matters; With Forms of Writs in Several Cases: Interspersed with Cursory Observations and Instructions. The Whole Drawn and Settled by the Most Eminent Counsel of the Time, Viz. viz. Serjeant Agar, - Bootle, - Belfield, Sir W. Chapple, Serjeant Draper, Sir J. Darnell, Serjeant Eyre, - Hawkins, - Hussey, Mr. Hardcastle, Mr. L. Robinson, Sir M. Wright, the Late Mr. Warren, And Others. Dublin: Printed by William Porter, For Messrs. Lynch, Mc.Kenzie, Davis, And Jones, 1786. iv, [4], 520, [20] pp. Octavo (8-1/2' x 5-3/4"). Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, lettering piece, blind rules and gilt publication date to spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing in a few places. $350. * Dublin reissue of the first edition, published in London in 1786. A special feature of this book is the identification of the lawyer from whom the form of writ has been taken, which assures the user of its reliability and precedential value. The Dublin reissue was printed again in 1795. English Short-Title Catalogue N38798.…