8vo. [4], ii, [4], 106pp. Uncut in modern grey paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, scattered spotting.

The first edition of this legal satire by British MP and writer Reginald James Blewitt (1799–1878). Containing numerous pointed references to characters of the Chancery Court, it offered insight into the legal world in the times of Dickens and Trollope.