Reports and Cases, Collected by the Learned, Sir John Popham, Kt.
"Matter Profound...With Convenient Brevity" Popham, Sir John [1531-1607]. Reports and Cases, Collected by the Learned, Sr. John Popham, Kt., Late Lord Chief-Justice of England. Written with His Own Hand in French, And Now Faithfully Translated into English. To Which are Added Some Remarkable Cases Reported by Other Learned Pens Since his Death. With an Alphabetical Table, Wherein May be Found the Principal Matters Contained in this Booke. London: Printed by Tho: Roycroft for John Place, 1656. [viii], 212, [8] pp. One-page publisher advertisement at rear of text. Folio (12-1/4" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, blind rules to boards, blind tooling to board edges, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, "Poph" in early hand to fore-edge of text block. Light rubbing and moderate scuffing to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges, corners worn, hinges cracked. Moderate toning to interior, offsetting to margins of preliminaries and rear endleaves, spark burns to title page and a few other leaves. $250. * Second edition, corrected. Popham reports cases in the Courts of King's Bench and Star Chamber from 1592 and 1627. It isn't an authoritative work, but Marvin states they "contain matter profound, yet with convenient brevity, and are of good authority and use.": Legal Bibliography 577. English Short-Title Catalogue R8726.
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