1673
by Brydall, John
1673. A Stuart-Era "Nutshell" Brydall, John [b. 1635?]. Speculum Juris Anglicani, Or, A View of the Laws of England, As They are Divided into Statutes, Common-Law and Customs: Incidently, Of the Customs Appertaining to the Famous City of London, Never Before Printed; Together with Resolutions on Several of Them, Given by the Reverend Judges at Westminster. London: Printed by John Streater, Eliz. Flesher and H. Twyford, 1673. [viii], 150 pp. Lacking final blank included in most collations. Octavo (5-3/4"x 3-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, rebacked in period-style calf, blind rules to boards, lettering piece, blind fillets and gilt publication date to spine, blind tooling to board edges, endpapers renewed. Staining to boards, tiny hole to rear board, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped. Moderate toning to interior, light soiling to margins of a few leaves. $1,400. * Only edition, one of two imprints issued the same year. Brydall was a fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, and a bencher of Lincoln's Inn. A remarkably prolific writer, he published 36 legal treatises, and left 30 others in manuscript at the time of his death. All of these are brief, synthetic works. Holdsworth says they are good summaries that are "clearly arranged and based on the leading authorities." Speculum Juris Anglicani is an elementary review of English statutory and customary law. It was, says Holdsworth, "doubtless useful" to the student. OCLC locates 5 copies in North American law libraries (Columbia, Georgetown, Library of Congress, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota). Holdsworth, A History of English Law VI:600, 605. English Short-Title Catalogue R175630.
(Inventory #: 74169)