Plowden's Quaeries: or, a Moot-Book Of Choice Cases, useful For the Young Students of the Common Law: Englished, Methodized, and Enlarged, By H. B. Esquire of Lincolns-Inne.
London.
Printed for Ch. Adams, J. Starkey, and Tho. Basset, 1662.
8vo.
[16], 304pp. Modern gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, red calf lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting.
A selection of legal scholarship and theory by Edmund Plowden (1519/20-1585), venerated Tudor lawyer. Originally published in law French as Les comentaries ou les reportes de Edmunde Plowden (1571), this edition was 'Englished' by a member of Lincoln's Inn, the historic society of barristers.
ESTC R25587, Wing P2611.
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref: 25193
