1669 LAW Commentary on Edward Coke Institutes of England William Prynne FOLIO

1669 LAW Commentary on Edward Coke Institutes of England William Prynne FOLIO

                              

“Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicate, for they have no souls.”

– Edward Coke

 

The foundational work on English Common Law!

 

Edward Coke is one of England’s most prolific legal reporter, known for his reports on the Gunpowder Plot, judicial rulings, and influences on the U.S. Constitutional amendments. One of his most important works was ‘Institutes of the Laws of England’, a collection of legal treatises which is known to be one of the foundational documents on common law.

 

William Prynne, a 17^th-century Puritan lawyer, published an important commentary on Coke’s “Institutes” where he outlines the “misquotations, mistakes of records, doubtful passages, and defective omissions” (per title page) of Coke’s landmark work.

 

Item number: #22555

Price: $950

 

COKE, Edward / PRYNNE, William

 

Brief Animadversions On, Amendments Of, & Additional Explanatory Records To The fourth part of the institutes of the laws of England : concerning the jurisdiction of courts

 

London: printed by Thomas Ratcliffe and Thomas Daniel, 1669.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [16], 423, [69]
• References: ESTC R22356; Wing P 3905
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – The Right Hon.^ble S^r. John Holt, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of ye Court of Queens Bench & one of Her Majesties Most Hon.^ble Privy Council, 1702
  • Sir John Holt (1642–1710) was an English lawyer who served as Lord Chief Justice of England during the reign of Queen Anne, from 17 April 1689 to his death. He is frequently credited with playing a major role in ending the prosecution of witches in English law.
• Language: English / Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~11.5in X 7.5in (29.5cm x 19cm)

 

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