Folio.
First edition of vol. III, vol. I, 389 leaves; vol. II, 356 leaves; vol. III, 188 leaves; in twos;
and sold by
T. Waller
added to the imprint in vol. III. The imprint of vol. II
is dated
mdccxxii for
mdccxxxii.
Marvin, page 253.
Sweet & Maxwell II, 3, 7.
Cowley 212.
Calf, rebacked and repaired, with the 1815 bookplate preserved and inlaid in the new endpapers. Initialled by Jefferson at
sig. I and T.
From the library of Reuben Skelton with his armorial bookplate.
Knightley D’Anvers, English lawyer, was a member of the Inner Temple, and called to the Bar in 1696. This work, first published in two volumes
in 1705 and 1713, was based on Rolle’s
Abridgment
, and was dedicated to the Lord Chief Justice Holt.
[1790]
J. 26
Viner’s abr. F. to Y. inclusive
10. v.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 80. no. 179, as above.
VINER,
Charles.
A General abridgment of law and equity alphabetically digested under proper titles with notes and references to the whole.
By Charles Viner, Esq . . .
Aldershot in Hampshire near Farnham in Surry: Printed for the author, by agreement with the law patentees, and are to be sold by
George Strahan,
John and Paul Knapton, and
J. Shuckburgh; or may be had of the author at his house at Aldershot . . . or, in his absence, of William Reason,
1742-1745.
Law 427
First Edition. Folio. 9 vol. [the volume containing Jud to Nos missing.] I. Fac.-Fun. 1742, 290 leaves; II. Gam-Jud. 1742, 327
leaves; IV. Not.-Pre. 1743, 311 leaves; V. Pre.-Pro. 1743, 309 leaves; VI. Pro.-Rep. 1743, 311 leaves; VII. Rep.-Ste. 1744,
309 leaves; VIII. Sto.-Tre. 1745, 297 leaves; IX. Tri.-Uni. 1745, 309 leaves; X. Uni.-Yea. 1745, 285 leaves; subscribers’
names in all but the first two volumes. The titles are not numbered.
Sweet & Maxwell II, 3, 15.
Cowley 238 (with different imprint).
Oxford Bibliographical Society, Proceedings II [1930], pp. 227-326.
All the volume rebound in calf except
Pre-Pro, which is in the original calf, repaired, with the 1815 Library of Congress bookplate and that of George Wythe inlaid in
the new endpapers; these two bookplates preserved in the other volumes; some wormholes in
Rep-Ste, and one MS. note which could be by Wythe. In the imprint of
Gam-Jud the name
Thomas York replaces that of
Wm. Reason, but is scratched out and the latter name added in ink. With the autograph signature of
Edm. Jenings [q.v. no. 512] on each title-page.
This set was at one time missing. The entry is not checked in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue, and is omitted from
the later catalogues. It is on the list of books missing from the Library of Congress made shortly after 1815. All the volumes
but one have been recovered, complete with the 1815 Library of Congress bookplates, correctly numbered, as well as those of
George Wythe.
Charles Viner, 1678-1756, English jurist. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining a publisher for this work, Viner published it at his own
expense. The book was printed in the Savoy on specially made and watermarked paper, and published at his own home in Aldershot.
Viner founded a chair of English law at Oxford, of which Blackstone was the first incumbent.
[1791]
27
Bacon’s abr.
7. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 74. no. 8, as above.
BACON,
Matthew.
A new abridgment of the law. By Matthew Bacon, of the Middle Temple, esq; the
fifth edition, corrected; with considerable additions, including the latest authorities; by Henry Gwillim, of the Middle Temple, esq. Barrister at law. In
seven volumes. Vol. I [-VII].
London: Printed by
A. Strahan, law printer to
