[Rarebooks] fa: SPECULUM JURIS ANGLICANI or A VIEW OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND 1673

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

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John Brydall: Speculum Juris Anglicani, or, A View of the Laws of England, as They are divided into Statutes, Common-Law and Customs: Incidently, of the Customs appertaining to the Famous City of London, never before Printed; together with Resolutions on several of them, given by the Reverend Judges at Westminster. By John Bridall, of Lincolnes-Inne, Barrester. The Interpreter of Sophocles. London: Printed by John Streater, Eliz. Flesher and H. Twyford, Assignes of Rich. Atkyns and Edward Atkyns, Esquires. And are to be sold by G. Sawbridge, J. Place, [et al], Booksellers in Fleet-street and Holborne, Anno Dom. MDCLXXIII [1673]. Cum Gratia & Privilegio Regiæ Majestatis. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo (15 cm) in early/period full polished sheepskin; [8], 150, [2] pp.; with the final blank leaf. ESTC R19880; Wing B5267.

A concise summary of English statutory and customary law by John Brydall, fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, and prolific law writer. DNB credits him with thirty-six published legal treatises (the present work being listed first among them) and thirty more left in manuscript on his death. Binding with light rubbing and wear, a small hole to the leather near the foot of the front joint; text block trimmed a bit close at the top, clipping part of the page number on one leaf; small area of worming near the gutter throughout, affecting some words but not overall legibility; some cracking at the gutter with a few page gatherings loosening and protruding from the text block; a few ink numerical notations in the margins by an early hand and occasional small spots and touches of soiling to the leaves; otherwise the contents are unusually clean and bright. Deaccessioned from the Law Library of Los Angeles, with its bookplate on the front paste-down, but no other library markings.