New Abridgement of the Law by A Gentleman, Matthew Bacon 1736-1st Georgian Legal

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New Abridgement of the Law by A Gentleman, Matthew Bacon 1736-1st Georgian Legal:
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A New Abridgement Of The Law
Bacon, Matthew

Published - 1736 (First Edition)

Publisher - E & R Nutt and R Gosling for D Lintor, London.

Description -Hardcovers in full leather boards, stamped in the traditional Georgian manner. Volume 1 of the rare First edition. Banded spine, title plate to the upper spine. Packed weight in excess of 3kg.

Condition - Generally in Good to Good+ condition, a little faint damping to the lower edges, some of the margins, mainly the latter upper margins, with some worming as shown in the latter illustrations. Small amont of loss to the spine plate. Outer hinges cracked.

Bacon\'s Abridgment is a digest of cases and treatises written by Sir Jeffrey Gilbert. In frequent use by practitioners of the era, its importance is attested to by the many editions the work enjoyed. Its comprehensiveness and, still more, the logical system of subdivisions employed within each title, placed it far above all previous compendia of its kind, and made it, according to Marvin\'s Legal Bibliography (1847), \"quite a law library in itself\" (85). First published in 1736, it was compiled and gathered and edited by Bacon. However, he died after completing the entry for \"Sheriff\" (in a latter volume) and the work was completed by the original editors, Joseph Sayer and Owen Ruffhead.

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