An Essay on the Law; Being a Summary View of the Profession of a...
An Unrecorded Defense of the Legal Profession from "Prejudice and Misconception" [Lawyers]. [Great Britain]. An Essay on the Law; Being a Summary View of the Profession of a Solicitor, In Opposition to Prejudice and Misconception. London: Printed by A.J. Valpy for W. Reed, 1811. [ii], 40 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet, disbound and resewn, fore-edge untrimmed. Light toning, faint horizontal fold line, occasional light foxing, somewhat more moderate to first eight or so leaves, light soiling in a few places, small tears to edges of a few leaves, ink library stamp to title page not affecting legibility, pencil marks to margins of a few leaves. Rare. $750. * A "fair disclosure of the real character of the legal profession," written "to remove the prejudice which has been raised against it by the ignorant and inconsiderate" (iii). The anonymous author describes the nobility and dignity of the profession at length and argues that if young people of good characters are dissuaded from joining the legal profession, it will be overrun by those with "vulgar and degraded minds, such as are alive only to the base suggestions of gain, and insensible even to merited disgrace." No copies of this pamphlet located on OCLC or Library Hub.
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