A Catalogue of the Common and Statute Law-Books of this Realm....
Catalogue of a Notable Eighteenth-Century English Law Bookseller Walthoe, John [1657?-1744], Bookseller. A Catalogue of the Common and Statute Law-Books of this Realm; And Some Others Relating Thereunto, To Hilary Term, 1720. Alphabetically Digested Under Proper Titles. With an Account of the Best Editions, And Common Prices for which They are Now Sold. London: Printed for J. Walthoe and J. Walthoe, Junr., 1720. [iv], 99, [1] pp. Octavo (6-1/4" x 3-3/4"). Recent period-style polished calf, blind rules and fillets to boards, gilt and blind fillets and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. A few negligible scratches to boards, recent penciled annotation to front free endpaper. Light toning to interior, more moderate in places, light foxing in a few places, early (illegible) ownership signature to head of title page. A nice copy of a rare title. $1,500. * Walthoe was a leading law bookseller in late-seventeenth and early eighteenth-century London. Arranged alphabetically by topic and based largely on the pioneering seventeenth-century catalogues of fellow bookseller Thomas Bassett, this catalogue lists books printed for Walthoe and titles he carries in stock or can acquire for clients. The final page is a brief list of non-legal titles, including The Compleat Horseman Abridg'd and The Gentleman's Dictionary. Including the present title, Walthoe published six catalogues between 1714 and 1731. All are quite scarce. OCLC locates 3 copies of the 1720 edition at 2 libraries (University of Pennsylvania Law School, National Library of Scotland). English Short-Title Catalogue N471202.
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