The Duello, Or, Single Combat, From Antiquity Derived into this...
Selden on Dueling Selden, John [1584-1654]. The Duello, Or, Single Combat: From Antiquity Derived into this Kingdom of England; With Several Kinds and Ceremonious Forms Thereof from Good Authority Described. By the Learned Mr. Selden. Printed in the Year 1610. And Now Re-Printed. London: Printed for William Bray in Exeter-Court, Near Exeter-Change in the Strand, [1711]. 24, 33-78, [2] pp. Final leaf is a publisher catalogue. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, thread lacking, title page and a few other leaves loose. Moderate soiling to exterior, some wear to corners of text block, "1711" in later hand to foot of title page. Moderate toning to interior, worm-hole to upper outside corner of text block beginning on leaF D4 (pp. 39-40), which is noticeable on the final four leaves, no loss to text. $500. * Second and final edition as an independent work. The Duello was one of Selden's first three publications, all published in 1610. A scholarly and practical book, it provides a history of dueling and a review of current laws governing court-ordered single combat. (Judicial dueling was abolished in 1819.) It leans selectively on precedents dating back to the Norman Conquest to show that dueling is a right and often a sensible, and sometimes only, way to settle disputes. This work was later reprinted in Selden's Opera Omnia (1726). The 1610 and 1711 printings of this work are scarce. OCLC locates 2 copies of the 1711 edition in North American law libraries (Harvard, UT-Austin). English Short-Title Catalogue T35003.
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