The Life of Sir Michael Foster, Knt, Sometime One of the Judges...
A Nephew Remembers Sir Michael Foster Dodson, Michael [1732-1799]. Disney, John [1746-1816], Editor. The Life of Sir Michael Foster, Knt. Sometime One of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, And Recorder of Bristol. By His Nephew, The Late Michael Dodson, Esq. London: Printed for J. Johnson and Co., 1811. viii, 98 pp. Copperplate portrait frontispiece. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary pebbled cloth, lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine. Moderate rubbing to boards, joints cracked, considerable chipping to spine, hinges partially cracked, a few cracks to text block. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing and early underlining and marks in pencil to a few leaves, clipped signature of Disney pasted at the end of the introduction (foot of p. viii). $150. * Only edition. Foster [1689-1763] was a highly regarded judge and law reporter. British Museum Catalogue (Compact Edition) 7:493.
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Book number 73656