THE USE OF THE LAW. PROVIDED FOR PRESERVATION OF OUR PERSONS, GOODS, AND GOOD NAMES ACCORDING TO THE LAWES AND CUSTOMES OF THIS LAND. BY THE L.VERULAM VISCOUNT OF S.ALBONS &C.
Hardcover
1630 · London
by Bacon, Francis, attributed. [Sir John Doddridge]
London: Printed by the Assignes of John Moore, 1630. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. London: Printed by the Assignes of John Moore, 1630. [6], 84 pp. Hardcover. 12mo. Full marbled calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Raised bands, gilt borders and compartment borders. 11 mm turn-ins with gilt single-rule borders. All edges gilt. Collation: A4-L4, M2. Page 83 misnumbered 85. Gibson 192; STC (2nd ed.) 1175 = 6983. Rear board lightly scraped, bookplate on front free endpaper, both free endpapers toned at edges by turn-ins. Early notes and underlining, damp-staining to corners of last few leaves. Else quite good. Very good/No dust jacket. "The Use of the Law" was the second part of a work by Sir John Doddridge entitled "The Lawyers Light; or, a Due Direction for the Study of the Law" originally published in 1629. This second part was issued anonymously with a separate title-page. It was subsequently attributed to Bacon and afterwards included as part two of Bacon's "The Elements of the Common Law." (Insurance required to ship this item). (Inventory #: 35769)