Selden Society. Select Cases Concerning the Law Merchant. 3 Vols.
First Edition Selden Society's Select Cases in the Law Merchant Gross, Charles, Editor. Hubert Hall, Editor. Select Cases Concerning the Law Merchant A.D. [1239-1779]. Local Courts; Central Courts; Supplementary Central Courts. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1908; 1930; 1932. 3 volumes. Quarto. Complete set. Volume 1 (1908). A.D. 1270-1638. Local Courts. lv, 181 pp. Volume 2 (1930). A.D. 1239-1633. Central Courts. cxvi, 227 pp. Volume 3. (1932) A.D. 1251-1779. Supplementary Central Courts. lxxxvii, 267 pp. Includes the Publications and Rules of the Selden Society, and List of Members throughout the world at the time of publication. Latin text with English translations on facing pages. Publisher's dark navy starched buckram, light wear, interiors clean. Deckle page edges with many pages uncut. A very good set. $250. * First editions. Selden Society Volumes 23, 46 and 49. The law merchant was developed in the early 11th century in order to protect foreign merchants not under the jurisdiction and protection of the local law. Foreign traders often were subject to confiscations and other types of harassment if one of their countrymen had defaulted in a business transaction.
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