William Lambert. Whereunto is annexed, the Kings order and decree in Chancery, for a Rule to be observed by the Chancellor
in that Court, exemplified and enrolled for a perpetuall record there. Anno 1616. Together with an alphabeticall table of
all the cases.
London: Printed by
E. G. for
W. Lee,
D. Pakeman, and
G. Bedell. Anno D.
1650.
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First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 72 leaves only, collates in eights and lacks all after sig. I.
STC C555.
Marvin, page 177.
Sweet & Maxwell I, 218, 4.
Bridgman, page 53.
Clarke, page 353, no. 52.
Old tree sheep, cut close; not initialled by Jefferson; with the autograph signature of
John Minor, Fredericksburg on the inside cover, and many other names and scribblings throughout the book, including
John Huntin, 1759,
Enoch Innis junr.,
Daker Thompson, 1756,
Chs. Carter. Liber ejus 1756,
1759, and others. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Sir George Carew [Cary], d. 1612, English lawyer and diplomat.
For William Lambert [i.e. Lambarde] see no. 1767.
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Finch’s Reports.
fol. . . . . . . 1673.-1680.
1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 32, as above.
Reports of Cases decreed in the High Court of Chancery, during the time Sir Heneage Finch, afterwards Earl of Nottingham,
was Lord Chancellor. In many of which Decrees he was assisted by some of the Judges of the Common Law . . . None of these
Cases ever printed before, and all of them carefully collected by a Gentleman who attended the said Court, and was himself
of Counsel in the said Cases. With proper tables; one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters therein
contained.
[
London] In the Savoy: Printed by
E. and R. Nutt, and
R. Gosling, (Assigns of
E. Sayer, Esq;) for
R. Gosling,
W. Mears, and
J. Hooke,
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Folio. 245 leaves collating in fours. The preface signed W. N. [William Nelson.]
Marvin, page 184.
Sweet & Maxwell II, 105, 10.
Bridgman, page 286.
Clarke, page 373, no. 200.
Old calf, repaired and rebacked; not initialled by Jefferson. The name
Finch written in ink on the title. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
From the library of Peyton Randolph, with his armorial bookplate by Skinner, Bath.
Heneage Finch, first Earl of Nottingham, 1621-1682, successively solicitor-general, lord keeper, and lord chancellor of England.
William Nelson, English legal writer.
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Nelson’s reports.
8
vo.
. . . . . . 1625.-1692.
1815 Catalogue, page 72. no. 17, as above.
NELSON,
William.
Reports of special cases argued and decreed in the Court of Chancery, in the Reigns of King Charles I. King Charles II. and
King William III. None of them ever before printed. Published by W. Nelson, of the Middle-Temple, Esq . . .
[
London] In the Savoy: Printed by
Eliz. Nutt, and
R. Gosling, (Assignees of
Edward Sayer Esq;) for
B. Lintott,
R. Gosling,
J. Pemberton, and
T. Ward,
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