Laws of Landlord and Tenant. England?, early 19th century.
Regency Property Law: The Mirehouse Family Manuscript on Landlord & Tenant [Manuscript]. [Landlord & Tenant]. [Mirehouse Family]. [A Working Manuscript Practitioner's Guide to the Law of Landlord and Tenant, Compiled for a Distinguished Family of Welsh Landowners]. England?, after 1802. 132 pp. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/2"; 17.5 x 11.4 cm). Contemporary full vellum, spine ends and corners bumped, boards somewhat soiled. Edges of text block marbled. Armorial bookplate of the Mirehouse family to front pastedown. 132 numbered pages (followed by [X] blank leaves), written in a single, neat cursive hand. Text arranged in two columns separated by a formal red rule. Faint dampstaining to upper outside corner of text block with minor effects on legibility in isolated places; otherwise, a very good, clean, and highly legible copy. $950. * This sophisticated fair-copy manuscript serves as a contemporary synthesis of early 19th-century property law. The majority of citations in the first 50 pages are to William Woodfall's Law of Landlord and Tenant, the definitive "bible" of the field first published in 1802. Its presence here suggests a compiler-likely John Campbell Mirehouse (1789-1850)-eager to modernize the administration of the family's Brownslade estate using the latest legal systematic format. Beyond Woodfall, the manuscript functions as an active reference tool, cross-referencing case law with foundational authorities such as Blackstone's Commentaries, Coke on Littleton, and common law reporters. The structure is predominantly thematic until page 126, where it pivots to a chapter-based layout before concluding mid-section during a detailed treatise on ejectment proceedings. From the library of the Mirehouse family of Brownslade, Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire. Both John Mirehouse [1752-1823] and John Campbell Mirehouse [1789-1850] were noted for their progressive management of the Brownslade estate. Campbell Mirehouse, a barrister and Common Sergeant of London, likely utilized this volume as a bridge between his formal legal training and the practicalities of Welsh gentry life. Both men served as Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Pembrokeshire.
Price: $950.00
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