The Reports of Several Special Cases Adjudged in the Courts of...
"A Work of Very Reputable Authority" Jones, Sir Thomas [1614-1692]. The Reports of Several Special Cases Adjudged in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas at Westminster, In the Reign of King Charles II. With Two Tables; The One of the Names of the Cases, And the Other of the Principal Matters Contained Therein. [London]: Printed for E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling, 1729. [xvi], 254, [17] pp. Main text in parallel columns. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Contemporary calf with early rebacking, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing, corners worn, chipping to spine ends, boards detached, later bookplates (of C.A. Russell and H. Barrs Davies) to front pastedown. Light toning to text, foxing to a few leaves, internally clean. $200. * Second, final and best edition. First published in 1695 in Law-French, Wallace calls this reporter, which covers the years 1667 to 1685, "a work of very reputable authority." It is held in equal regard by Holdsworth. Jones was a judge of King's Bench and chief justice of Common Pleas. The text here is in both law French and English, in parallel columns. Hargrave made a new English translation some years later, but it was never published. Wallace, The Reporters 343. Holdsworth, History of English Law VI:552, 561.
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