Placita Coronae: Or Pleas of the Crown, In Matters Criminal and Civil
"A Considerable Collection" Tremaine, Sir John [d. 1694]. Rice, John, Editor. Placita Coronae: Or Pleas of the Crown, In Matters Criminal and Civil. Containing a Large Collection of Modern Precedents, Viz. Appeals. Convictions. Certiorari's, And Pleadings Thereto. Indictments. Informations. Traverses, Pleadings, &c. Writs of Mandamus. - Quo Warranto. - Restitution. - Habeas Corpus, &c. And Returns Thereof. With Great Variety of Precedents, Under Many Other Heads, Relating to the Crown-Law. With a Compleat Table to the Whole. [London]: printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling, (Assigns of E. Sayer Esq;) for T. Ward, 1723. [iv], 688, [36] pp. Title page preceded by one-page publisher advertisement. Folio (12-1/2" x 7-3/4"). Recent period-style quarter calf over pebbled cloth, raised bands, blind tooling and lettering piece to spine. Moderate toning and occasional light foxing to text, faint dampstaining to lower margins of final fifteen leaves. A handsome copy $950. * First edition. This book is included in Holdsworth's survey of the literature of eighteenth-century common law, where he calls it "a considerable collection." The precedents were digested and revised by Rice, who added a table giving the date of the case relating to each precedent and, if reported, a reference to a reporter. A second edition was published in 1793. Holdsworth, A History of English Law XII:363. English Short-Title Catalogue T174201.
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