3rd ed., carefully corr. from the errors of former impressions,
Place of Publication
[London] In the Savoy
Publisher
Printed by C. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling for J. Walthoe,
Date of Publication
1735.
Physical Description
3 volumes in 1 ; 33 cm
Notes
Pt. 2, 2nd edition; pt. 3, 4th edition.
Title of pt. 3: Select cases in the High Court of Chancery, solemnly argued and decreed by the late Lord Chancellor, with the assistance of the judges, with an exact table to the whole ...
Cases argued and determined, in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, from the year 1746-7, to 1755. : With tables, notes, and references
A general abridgment of cases in equity, argued and adjudged in the High court of chancery, &c. [1667-1744] With several cases never before published, alphabetically digested under proper titles; with notes and references to the whole. And three tables, the first of the names of the cases, the second of the several titles, with their divisions and subdivisions; and the third, of the matter under general heads
The first edition of "La graunde abridgement"--English Short Title Catalogue.
The title "La graunde abridgement" taken from the English Short Title Catalogue.
Probably printed by John Rastell (v. 1) and Wynken De Worde (v. 2-3), beginning about 1514. Cf. Law library journal, v. 51, 1958, p. [100]-116 and ESTC. The colophon of v. 3 is dated 1516.
"Finis tocius istius op[er]is finit[us] xxi die Dicembr[is] A[nn]o d[omi]ni Millecimo qui[n]ge[n]tesimo sextodecimo"--Colophon.
Title page of vol. 1 delineates a king upon the throne with "Prima pars huius libri" printed above; vol. 2 has title page with the royal coat of arms and "Sequitur secunda pars" printed above; vol. 3 has title page with the royal coat of arms and "Ultima pars huius libri" printed above.
LC copy vol. 3 t.p. has "The price of the whole boke (.xl. s.) Whych boke conteynyth iii grete volumes," is printed below "Ultima pars huius libri."
LCHS copy lacking title page of volume 2.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title pagebelow another signature.
Book number 792 as assigned by Yeates.
"Contains a digest of all the cases in the Year-books, down to the 21 Hen. VII ... as well as cases from the reigns of Rich. II, Edw. I and II, Hen. III, and a number of readings and original authorities no where else to be found"-J.G. Marvin. Legal bibliography, 1847.
in part collect per Sir Anthonie Fitzherbert, chiualer, iades vn de les iustices del common banke ; et ore le cinque foits inlarge per Richard Crompton, vn apprentice de la common ley et imprimee lan du grace 1606 ; a que est annex loffice de viconts, bailises, escheators, constables, coroners, &c. ; collect per le dit Mounsieur Fitzherbert in part ; et auxy certaine presidents de indictments & auters choses ...
Maxims of equity, collected from and proved by cases, out of the books of the best authority in the High Court of Chancery. To which is added, the case of the Earl of Coventry, concerning the defective execution of powers. Lately adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for H. Lintot,
Date of Publication
1739.
Physical Description
4 preliminary leaves, 72, [14], 20 pages 32 cm
Notes
"The arguments of the Lord Chancellor Macclesfield, the master of the rolls, Mr. Baron Price, and Mr. Baron Gilbert, in the case of the Earl of Coventry, concerning the defective execution of powers. Die sabbati 16 ÌŠmaii 1724, Countess Dowager of Coventry, against the Earl of Coventry & al.'": [2], 20 p. at end.
written originally in old French, long before the Conquest, and many things added by Andrew Horne ; to which is added The diversity of courts and their jurisdiction, translated into English by W.H. of Gray's Inn, Esq.
Also issued with a collective title page for 12 volumes: "Modern reports: or, Select cases adjudged in the Courts of Kng's Bench, Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer, since the Restoration of King Charles the Second, to the end of the reign of King George the First. In twelve volumes, (as cited by C. Viner, esq; in his abridgment) the first seven corrected, and many references added from the reports. The fourth edition. By Danby Pickering ... Vol. 8, 9. The second edition, altered and much improved from many errors in the former, by an eminent hand. Vol. 10,11,12. By R. Lucas, esq; and others, with tables to each volume of the principal matters, &c. London: Printed by His Majesty's law-printers; and sold by J. Worrall and B. Tovey, at the Dove in Bell-Yard, near Lincoln's Inn. M DCC LXIX."
