183
Guide to English juries.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 92, as above.
A Guide to English Juries: setting forth their Antiquity, Power, and Duty, from the Common-Law and Statutes. With a Table.
By a Person of Quality. Also a Letter to the Author, upon the same Subject.
London: Printed, and reprinted in
Dublin and are to be sold by the Booksellers,
1725.
Sm. 8vo. 36 leaves in eights. Signed and dated at the end:
J. M. Decemb. 29. 1681.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
This edition not in Marvin nor in Sweet & Maxwell.
Not in Jones.
The first edition by “M. J.” appeared in 1682.
[1975]
J. 184
[Gilbert’s
] law of Uses.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 96, [Gilbert’s Law of] Uses and Trusts, 8vo.
[GILBERT,
Sir Geoffrey.]
The Law of Uses and Trusts: collected and digested in a proper Order, from the Reports of adjudg’d Cases, in the Courts of
Law and Equity, and other Books of Authority. Together with a Treatise of Dower. To which is added, A Complete Table of all
the Matters therein contain’d.
[
London] In the Savoy: Printed by
E. and R. Nutt, and
R. Gosling, (Assigns of
E. Sayer, Esq;) for
R. Gosling,
m dcc xxxiv. [1734]
Law 232
First Edition. 8vo. 261 leaves, publisher’s advertisement on the verso of the first leaf, with half title on the recto.
Halkett and Laing III, 243.
This edition not in Marvin.
Sweet & Maxwell II, 152, 21.
Calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Sir Geoffrey Gilbert, 1674-1726, English judge, was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1692 and called to the bar in 1698. In 1722 he took the degree
of serjeant-at-law. He was knighted in 1725 after the resignation of Lord Macclesfield and became a commissioner for the custody
of the Great Seal; shortly afterwards he was appointed lord chief baron of the exchequer.
[1976]
J. 185
[Gilbert’s
] treatise of tenures.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 95, [Gilbert’s Law of] Tenures, 8vo.
GILBERT,
Sir Geoffrey.
A Treatise of Tenures, in two parts; containing, I. The original, nature, use and effect of Feudal or Common Law tenures.
II. Of Customary and Copyhold Tenures, explaining the nature and use of Copyholds, and their particular customs, with respect
to the duties of the Lords, stewards, tenants, suitors, &c. By the late Lord Chief Baron Gilbert. The
third edition, to which are now added notes and reference to the common and civil Law-Books of the best authority.
[
London] In the Savoy: Printed by
Henry Lintot, for
D. Browne,
J. Worrall, and
A. Millar,
1757
Law 233
8vo. 192 leaves, list of books by Gilbert on the verso of the first leaf (recto blank); publisher’s advertisement at the foot of the last page.
This edition not in Marvin.
Sweet & Maxwell I, 290, 44.
Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. A manuscript
note on page 137 is not by Jefferson.
First printed in Dublin, 1754.
[1977]
