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The Question Concerning Impositions, Tonnage, Poundage, Prizage, Customs, &c. Fully stated and argued, from Reason, Law, and Policy. Dedicate To King James . . . By Sir John Davies, His then Majesties Attourney Generall. Wing D407A; Sowerby 2954 by John Davies - 1656

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The Question Concerning Impositions, Tonnage, Poundage, Prizage, Customs, &c. Fully stated and argued, from Reason, Law, and Policy. Dedicate To King James . . . By Sir John Davies, His then Majesties Attourney Generall. Wing D407A; Sowerby 2954 by John Davies - 1656

The Question Concerning Impositions, Tonnage, Poundage, Prizage, Customs, &c. Fully stated and argued, from Reason, Law, and Policy. Dedicate To King James . . . By Sir John Davies, His then Majesties Attourney Generall. Wing D407A; Sowerby 2954

by John Davies

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London: Printed by S.G. for Henry Twyford, in Vine-Court [etc.], 1656. Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, tne binding somewhat strained, two ink blots on the title, some browning, usable and sound; the Taussig copy First edition of Davies' ingenious invocation of international law, the law merchant, and canon and civil law to buttress James I's sovereign claims to impose customs upon international trade absent Parliamentary agreement; with the advertising leaf
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  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1656
  • Keywords canon law

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by Davies, Sir John

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1656. By a Respected Elizabethan Jurist Davies, Sir John [1569-1626]. The Question Concerning Impositions, Tonnage, Poundage, Prizage, Customs, &c. Fully Stated and Argued, From Reason, Law, And Policy. Dedicated to King James in the Latter End of His Reign. By Sir John Davies, His then Majesties Attourney Generall. London: Printed by S[arah] G[riffin] for Henry Twyford and Rich: Marriot, 1656. [xvi], 166, [2] pp. Publisher advertisements to final leaf. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4"). Recent morocco, gilt title and date to spine, endleaves renewed, library bookplate to front pastedown. Light rubbing to joints, light offsetting to endleaves. Light toning to interior, occasional light foxing, light worming to upper margins affecting text block in a few places without loss to legibility, crack in text block between pp. [iv] and [v], upper corners of last two leaves lacking without loss to text. Several annotations in ink in a small early hand, mostly case citations. A sound copy. $950. * First edition. Davies, or… Read More
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