ORIGO LEGUM: or a Treatise of the Origin of Laws, and Their Obliging Power: as also of their Great Variety: and Why Some Laws are Immutable, and Some not; but may Suffer Change, or Cease to be, or be Suspended, or Abrogated. In Seven Books.
by Dawson,George (1637-1700)
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London: Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1694. Hardcover. Good. Folio contemporary calf, decorated panels blind-tooled, spine on 5 cords with remains of red gilt title label (edges scuffed, front cover splitting at spine but just held). Half-title, Titlepage printed in red & black and enclosed in a plain rule-border +[24]pp +168pp +219pp +[1]p catalogue. Card J.W. Bund Willis Caius Coll. On pastedown, name John Walpole Willis at head of title, endpapers browned & last few pages with marks of marginal damp, otherwise crisp & clean throughout. "Chap. X. Treachery and baseness not to be used in war" begins new pagination & register. Dedicated to King William & Queen Mary. Text in English with quotations & examples in Latin & Greek. *First edition of Dawson's only work, an interesting and scarce legal treatise (WING D459).
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- ORIGO LEGUM: or a Treatise of the Origin of Laws, and Their Obliging Power: as also of their Great Variety: and Why Some Laws are Immutable, and Some not; but may Suffer Change, or Cease to be, or be Suspended, or Abrogated. In Seven Books.
- Author
- Dawson,George (1637-1700)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- Publisher
- Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1694
- Keywords
- law legal history morals
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- Antiquarian;
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