The Several Opinions of Sundry Learned Antiquaries, Viz...
Seventeenth-Century Study of the High Court of Parliament [Doddridge, Sir John (1555-1628), Primary Author and Editor]. The Several Opinions of Sundry Learned Antiquaries: Viz. Justice Doddridge, Mr. Agar, Francis Tate, William Canden, and Ioseph Holland. Touching the Antiquity, Power, Order, State, Manner, Persons and Proceedings of the High-Court of Parliament in England. London: Printed for William Leake, 1658. [xlviii], 96, [2] pp. Final leaf is a publisher advertisement. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-1/4"). Later calf, blind rules to boards, lettering piece and gilt-edged raised bands to spine, blind tooling to board edges. Faint staining to boards, a few minor scuffs to front board, large scuff to rear board, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped, rear hinge cracked, partial crack to text block between p. 96 and following leaf, moderate toning to interior. $850. * First edition. This interesting study aims to define the jurisdiction of Parliament when it sits as a judicial body. It includes a lengthy introduction by Doddridge. A second edition was published in 1679. A judge during the reign of Charles I, Doddridge, sometimes spelled Dodderidge, was a formidably learned jurist who was both a common lawyer and a civilian who held a D.C.L. from Cambridge. A fairly prolific author and editor, his works are held in high esteem by Holdsworth. English Short-Title Catalogue R210130.
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