Praxis Almae Curiae Cancellariae: the Third Part: A Collection of the Most Modern and Useful Precedents For drawing bills, answers and demurrers [Richard Stockton]
by Brown, William
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair +
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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London: J. D. and Robert Gibson, 1702. Hard Cover. Fair +. "Also a collection of choice writs and process of the Court . . . Likewise several appeals in the present Lord Keeper's time . . . Together with a copious and useful introduction . . ." Compiled by William Brown. [8], lxiv, 370, [6] p.; 19 cm. Full period polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Red morocco spine label in second compartments with gilt-tooled title: Praxis Almæ. Gilt-tooled "3" in third compartment; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Blind-tooled decorative border along both joints. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: Garret D. Wall. "G.D. Wall" at head of title page. At head of first page of Introduction: "Rd. Stockton's." This is Richard Stockton (1764-1828), the son of Richard Stockton (1730-1781), signer of the Declaration of Independence for New Jersey. Both father and son were lawyers; the Richard Stockton who owned this book was also a state senator and U.S. congressman. The very scarce third volume of Brown's Praxis Almae Curiae Cancellariae. In Fair+ Condition: front board and front free endpaper are detached but present; leather is rubbed and scraped; slight loss of leather at tail of spine; corners heavily rubbed; back joint is cracked but solid; paper is consistently browned but clean and tight.
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- Title
- Praxis Almae Curiae Cancellariae: the Third Part: A Collection of the Most Modern and Useful Precedents For drawing bills, answers and demurrers [Richard Stockton]
- Author
- Brown, William
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair +
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. D. and Robert Gibson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1702
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- Calf
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- Spine Label
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- Tail
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