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Narrationes Modernae, Or Modern Reports Begun in the now Upper Bench.
by Style, William
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1658. London, 1658. 1st ed.. London, 1658. 1st ed. "The Able Chief Justices of Oliver Cromwell" Style, William [1603-1679]. Narrationes Modernae, Or Modern Reports Begun in the Now Upper Bench Court at Westminster, In the Beginning of Hillary Term 21 Caroli, And Continued to the End of Michaelmas Term 1655. As Well on the Criminall, As on the Pleas Side. Most of Which Time the Late Lord Chief Justice Roll Gave the Rule There. With Necessary Tables for the Ready Finding Out and Making Use of the Matters Contained in the Whole Book. And an Addition of the Number Rolls to Most of the Remarkable Cases. London: Printed by F.L. for W. Lee [et al.], 1658. [xx], 483, [37] pp. Folio (11-1/4" x 7"). Near-contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands, blind fillets and paper labels to spine, early hand-lettered title to fore-edge of text block, gilt rules to board edges. Light rubbing and some scuffs, nicks, scratches and stains to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, front joint cracked, rear joint starting at head, lettering piece lacking, corners bumped and worn, rear hinge starting at foot, armorial bookplate of the Earls of Macclesfield to front pastedown, early ink and pencil markings to front free endpaper and rear pastedown, small embossed Macclesfield stamps to first three leaves, armorial bookplate of Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield to verso of title page, which has faint inkstains to its recto. Moderate toning to interior, occasional light foxing, tear to bottom of leaf 2O4 (pp. 287-288) affecting text without loss to legibility, early annotations to a few leaves. $300. * Only edition. Covers the period 1646-55. These reports "are valuable, as being the only records of the decisions of Rolle and Sir John Glyn, the able Chief Justices of Oliver Cromwell, and (what rarely happened to Reports in their day) they were published by the author himself" (Wallace). Our copy of this title belonged to the Earls of Macclesfield. Housed in Shirbirn Castle, near Watlington, Oxfordshire, theirs was one of the finest private libraries in Great Britain. Wallace, The Reporters 288. English Short-Title Catalogue R7640.
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- Title
- Narrationes Modernae, Or Modern Reports Begun in the now Upper Bench.
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- Style, William
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- London, 1658. 1st ed.
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- Used
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- Date Published
- 1658
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- GREAT BRITAIN, LAW REPORTS, DIGESTS, ANTIQ5723, ANTIQ2723, 75558.JPG
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