A Treatise on the Law of Elections, In All Its Branches, 1st edition.
Pioneering English Treatise on Election Law, A Copy with Manuscript Corrections by the Author Simeon, John [1756-1824]. A Treatise on the Law of Elections, In All Its Branches. London: Printed for T. Payne and Son, 1789. ix, [7], 176, cxxx, [12] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, gilt-edged raised bands, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning to text, occasional faint dampstaining, light soiling to a few leaves. "John Williams Atty. from author" to head of title page, annotations by Simeon, one of them signed, to a few leaves. $1,000. * First edition. With extensive index containing extracts from election cases. "We have seen that Douglas, the reporter in the court of King's Bench, had also made reports of election cases, which he published in 1775-177, and that other reports of election cases began to appear about the same time. The publication of these reports gave an opportunity for a more logical treatment of the subject, which was provided by Simeon's [book]...": Holdsworth, History of English Law XII:346. A second edition was published in 1795. The annotations in our copy by Simeon indicate laws that were modified or repealed. English Short-Title Catalogue N14027.
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