Cases in Parliament Resolved and Adjudged, Upon Petitions, And Writs.
The First Reports of Cases Heard in the House of Lords [Shower, Bartholomew (1658-1701)]. Cases in Parliament Resolved and Adjudged, Upon Petitions, And Writs of Error. London: Printed for A. and J. Churchill, 1698. [xii], 224, [2] pp. Folio (12" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind fillets along joints, gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece, gilt tooling to board edges. Negligible light rubbing and a few minor nicks to boards, Moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners, light fading to spine, front joint cracked, front hinge staring. Moderate toning to text, light foxing in places, minor worming to margins, brief early annotations, probably private-library shelf location numbers, to front pastedown. $250. * First edition. This is the first collection of cases heard in the House of Lords, at this time Britain's final court of appeal. In the introduction, Shower writes in the introduction that he hopes "these Reports may probably convince the young nobles of this Realm that some knowledge of the laws of England...cannot be unworthy of the ambition of every Noble-man's son." The reports were found to be a breach of privilege, which put an end to other reports for almost a century. A second edition, mis-labeled the third, was issued in 1740 and re-issued in 1876. Wallace, The Reporters 400. English Short-Title Catalogue R562.
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