A New Law Dictionary: Containing a Concise Exposition... London, 1829.
A Dictionary in the Manner of Rastell Whishaw, James [1808-1879]. A New Law Dictionary: Containing a Concise Exposition of the Mere Terms of Art, and Such Obsolete Words as Occur in Old Legal, Historical and Antiquarian Writers. London: J. & W.T. Clarke, 1829. [iii]-viii, 342 pp. Half-title lacking. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo (8" x 5-1/4"). Later cloth, red and black lettering pieces to spine, endpapers renewed. Light soiling, chipping to lettering pieces. Moderate toning, light foxing to a few leaves. Ex-library. Location label to spine, faint embossed stamps to title page and following four leaves. $350. * Whishaw, a member of Gray's Inn, set out to produce a concise law dictionary in the tradition of Rastell, rather than a voluminous encyclopedic dictionary in the manner of Jacob. Though intended for the young lawyer, it is not a dictionary for novices only. Whishaw included French, Latin and English words and phrases as well as "obsolete words" from such early authorities as Cowell, Blount and Hale. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:377.
Price: $350.00
Book number 67988