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Douglas [Isle of Man]: Printed and sold by J. Quiggin, 1837. [6], 134pp. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, marked, and sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to title page. The statute laws of the Isle of Man, compiled by John Moore Jeffcott (1817-1892), Manx advocate and eventual High Bailiff of Castletown. Jeffcott would go on to play a significant part in the establishment of further Manx legislation, particularly in the reform movement which resulted in the settlement of 1866. . 8vo.