The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII.
Hallam's Constitutional History in a Handsome Contemporary Binding Hallam, Henry [1777-1859]. The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. London: John Murray, 1867. Three volumes. xvi, 419, [1]; viii, 465, [1]; viii, 457, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, gilt rules to boards, raised bands, gilt decoration and red and black lettering pieces to spine, blind tooling to board edges, blind inside dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers. Light rubbing and faint dampspotting to boards, faint dampstain to boards of Vol. II, moderate rubbing and light wear to extremities, chipping to spine head of Vol. III and front joint starting at head, corners bumped and lightly worn. Light toning to interior, light foxing to endleaves, light soiling in a few places, a few minor cracks to text block of each volume, all signatures secure, early underlining and marks to margins in a few places in Vols. I and II, very faint ownership signature dated 1873 to front endleaf of Vol. I. A handsome set. $300. * Eighth edition. First published in 1827, Hallam's classic study of the constitutional history of England from 1485 to 1760 was "long the standard work on the subject, and only surpassed one hundred years after its initial publication": Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 365. British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 11:533.
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