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The Office and Authority of Coroners and Sheriffs, With Directions.

Wilkinson, John An Important Seventeenth-Century Handbook for Coroners and Sheriffs Wilkinson, John. A Treatise Collected Out of the Statutes of this Kingdom, And According to Common Experience of the Lawes. Concerning. [sic] The Office and Authorities of Coroners and Sheriffes. Together with an Easie and Plaine Method for the Keeping of a Court Leet, Court Baron, and Hundred Court, &c. [London?]: S.n., Anno Domini, 1641. [iv], 44, 25-224, 177-240 pp. Octavo (5-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Later quarter calf over cloth, lettering piece to spine, publication date in gilt to foot of spine, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, a few nicks to spine, corners lightly bumped, hinges cracked through, joints just starting, boards secure, two small library markings to front pastedown, small library stamp to title page. Moderate toning to interior, faint spotting in places, light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf. $650. * Fourth edition, one of two issues, both in 1641. The first work for coroners and sheriffs by a named author, who was an attorney of Barnard's Inn. First published in 1618, it was a standard work during the seventeenth century. Carefully organized, it has separate sections on each officer and court. All editions of this work are scarce. OCLC locates 11 copies of the fourth edition in North American law libraries. English Short-Title Catalogue R30667.
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Bibliotheca Legum, Or, A Compleat List of all the Common and Statute.

Worrall, John, Compiler The First Edition with the Contents Arranged by Subject Worrall, John [d. 1771], Compiler. Bibliotheca Legum: Or, A Compleat List of All the Common and Statute Law Books of this Realm; From Their First Publication, To the Year 1738, Under the Following Heads, viz. Abridgments. Conveyancing. Courts, and Court-Keeping. Entries, Declarations, &c. Maxims and Grounds of the Law. Miscellanies. Parliamentary Affairs. Reports. Sheriffs. Statutes. Tithes and Laws of the Clergy. Wills, Executors, &c. Giving an Account of Their Several Editions, Dates and Prices, And Wherein They Differ. To which is Now Added, An Alphabetical Index; Also a New Table of the Cotemporary [sic] Reporters. London: Printed for J. Worrall, 1738. 4, [2], 5-88, [14] pp. Lacking final leaf, a blank. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-1/4"). Contemporary sheep, rebacked retaining existing spine with blind fillets, blind rules to boards, hinges mended. Moderate rubbing to boards, somewhat heavier rubbing to extremities with some wear to corners, front joint just starting at foot, near-contemporary shelfmark and nineteenth-century armorial bookplate (of John Richards, Jr.) to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, faint spotting to a few leaves, light edgewear to preliminaries and final few leaves of text. $650. * Fourth edition, the first with contents arranged by subject. The first annotated English legal bibliography, it remains an important reference due to its excellent annotations, many gathered from leading authorities of the time, and comparative bibliographical information. John Worrall, believed to be the first law bookseller, issued the first edition in 1732, and published numerous editions during his lifetime. The 1738 edition is scarce. OCLC locates 3 copies in North America (Case Western Reserve, University of Cincinnati Law School, Yale Law School); the ESTC adds 1 more (Library of Congress). Friend, Anglo-American Legal Bibliographies 138. English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC) T118356.
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A Treatise on the Rules of the Law of Personal Succession.

A Treatise on the Rules of the Law of Personal Succession.

Robertson, David A Scarce Treatise on Inheritance and Succession Robertson, David. A Treatise on the Rules of the Law of Personal Succession, In the Different Parts of the Realm; And on the Cases, Regarding Foreign and International Succession, Which have been Decided in the British Courts. Edinburgh: Thomas Clark, 1836. xiv, 503, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Recent buckram, gilt fillets and title to spine, author name written in pencil to bottom-edge of text block, endpapers renewed. Light soiling to exterior, spine somewhat darkened, library bookplate and small circular shelf label to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, light soiling to a few leaves, pencil and ink underlining to several leaves, brief early ink annotations to upper margins of a few pages, light foxing to title page, which has a small ink library stamp. $250. * Only English edition, published the same year as the only American edition. This thorough treatise on inheritance and succession focuses primarily on England and Scotland, with a chapter on Ireland and brief discussions of international law. The author, a Middle Templar, also published a volume reporting cases appealed from Scotland to the House of Lords. OCLC locates 7 copies of the English edition in North American law libraries (New York State Appellate Division, Alabama supreme Court, University of Connecticut, University of Notre Dame, University of Michigan, University of Victoria, Supreme Court of Canada). Sweet and Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:302.
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