The New Natura Brevuim of the Most Reverend Judge Mr. Anthony Fitz-Herbert.; Togehter with The Auhorities in Law, and Cases in the Books of Reports cited in the Margin

Dublin: H. Watts, 1793. Leather_bound. Octavo in original full calf, stabilzed and with wear, and with a new spine label. Small ornate old owner's stamp on the title page. X (preface, note from the editor of this ediiton, "Table of The Writs" i.e index)+606 bpp. + (53: table of contents). "The Ninth Edition carfully revised, some Errors in the Text of the last Edition corrected, and Writs accurately translated into English, By An Able Hand" To which is added a commentary...by the late Lord Chief Justice Hale. Interior is clean and generally free from foxing. Anthony Fitzherbert (1470-1538) was an English judge and legal scholar. The "New Natura Brevuim", a treatise on English law first printed in 1534, was considered a classic English lawbook for over 250 years, and is still cited today across the Common Law world. Good. Item #E24755

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