A History of Crime in England. 2 vols. 1873-1876.
Pike, Luke Owen. A History of Crime in England. Illustrating the Changes of the Laws in the Progress of Civilisation. Written from the Public Records and Other Contemporary Evidence. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1873. Two volumes. 8vo. Frontispiece. xxix, [1], 539; xx, 719 pp. Publisher's patterned cloth, rebacked retaining existing spines with gilt titles and volume numbers, patterned endpapers. Light rubbing, soiling and shelfwear, some fading to spines, lettering partially oxidized, small inkstamps to title pages, library stamps to rear pastedowns, occasional light foxing. $100. * Considered a "principal book" by Pollock and Maitland. The first volume covers the period from the Roman invasion to the accession of Henry VII, with the second continuing to 1874. Indexed. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University 452. Catalogue of the Library of the Law School of Harvard University II:356.
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