La Neufme Part des Reports de Sr Edw Coke Chivaler, Chiefe Iustice...
First Edition of the Ninth Part of Coke's Reports Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1634]. La Neufme Part des Reports de Sr. Edw. Coke Chivalier, Chiefe Iustice del Banke: Des Divers Resolutions & Iugements Donez sur Solennes Arguments & Avec Grand Deliberation & Conference des Tresreverend Iuges & Sages de la Ley, De Cases en Ley Queux ne Fueront Unques Resolus ou Adiuges par Devant: Et les Raisons & Causes des Dits Resolutions & Iugements. Publie en la Dixiesme An de Treshaut & Tresillustre Iaques Roy Dengleterre, France, & Ireland, & de Escosse le 46. Le Founteyne de Toute Pietie & Iustice, & La Vie de la Ley. [London]: Printed for the Societie of Stationers, 1613. [xvii], 143 ff. Folio (11" x 6-3/4"). Recent quarter morocco over cloth, gilt title, date and part number to spine, endleaves renewed. Very light fading to spine, retained bookplates (one of W.H. Reece) to front pastedown, small circular sticker to front free endpaper. Light toning to interior, occasional light soiling, negligible light foxing in a few places, a few folded corners, faint offsetting to first and final few leaves, minor worming to upper gutter of ff. 52-81, tiny chip to top-edge of first leaf, faint ink library stamp to recto of f. 61, occasional underlining and brief annotations in at least two early hands, some affected by trimming. $1,250. * First edition. Coke's Reports are not reports in the conventional sense; they are highly detailed anthologies of precedents organized by topic. Taken together, they form the most extensive and detailed treatment of common law pleading that had yet appeared. A work of immense authority, it was often cited as The Reports, there being no need to mention the author's name. Most of the annotations to our copy are brief glosses or references to statutes, while some appear to be more detailed interpretative notes. OCLC locates 7 copies of the first edition in North American law libraries (Yale, Georgetown, Library of Congress, Northwestern, Harvard, University of Minnesota, York University). English Short-Title Catalogue S107240.
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