Reports of that Reverend and Learned Judge, Sir Humphry Winch Knight..
A Notable Commonwealth-Era Reporter Winch, Sir Humphrey [1555?-1625], Reporter. Reports of that Reverend and Learned Judge, Sir Humphry Winch Knight; Sometimes One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Containing Many Choice Cases, And Excellent Matters Touching Declarations, Pleadings, Demurrers, Judgements, And Resolutions in Points of Law, In the Foure Last Years of the Raign of King James, Faithfully Translated Out of an Exact French Copie, With Two Alphabetical, And Necessary Tables, The One of the Names of the Cases, The Other of the Principal Matters Contained in this Book. London: Printed for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, And G. Bedell, 1657. [viii], 125, [11] pp. Last leaf blank. Folio (11-1/4" x 7"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands, blind fillets and later hand-lettered paper label to spine, blind tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and a few scuffs, nicks, scratches and gouges to boards, which are bowed, moderate rubbing to extremities, foot of spine chipped, rear joint starting at foot, corners bumped and worn, hinges cracked, pastedowns loose. Light toning to interior, very light foxing to a few leaves, several cracks or partial cracks to text block, all leaves secure, brief early annotations (references to other reporters) to a few pages. $500. * Only edition. Like his contemporaries, Winch addressed the Commonwealth-era demand for reports in English by respected, politically acceptable judges who practiced before the Civil War. The cases in this volume cover the period from 1621-1625 during the reign of James I. Wallace, The Reporters 261. English Short-Title Catalogue R8405.
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