Table-Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden, Esq, Or, His Sense...
Seeing the Law through Selden's Eyes Selden, John [1584-1654]. Table-Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden, Esq. Or, His Sense of Various Matters of Weight and High Consequence. Relating Especially to Religion and State. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1716. [viii], 136 pp. 12mo. (5-3/4" x 3-1/4"; 14.6 x 8.4 cm). Contemporary speckled calf, gilt rules to boards, rebacked retaining existing backstrip with raised bands and lettering piece. Light rubbing and a few shallow scuffs, joints cracked, corners bumped and worn, hinges mended with paper. Moderate toning to interior, occasional unobtrusive light foxing. A good copy with remarkable typography. $250. * Third edition. Perhaps the most personal of Selden's works, Table Talk was compiled by Selden's secretary, Richard Milward. It was first printed in 1689, when the Civil War had given freedom to the press. "The work may safely be accepted as the most vivid picture extant of the habits of thought and the modes of expression of the great Erastian lawyer. The conversations cover a great range of subjects relative to human life and history...": Dictionary of National Biography XVII:1159. English Short-Title Catalogue T115346.
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