Dalton, Michael

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

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Description

The Countrey Justice, Conteyning the Practices of the Justices of the Peace out of their Sessions. London: for the Societie of Stationers, 1618
paper, ink, leather

Folio (290 x 190 mm). Some soiling & staining, G1 with 2 small internal tears, K6 with tear in blank margin, 2E5 with rust hole touching 5 letters, 2K5 with hole & closed tear affecting a few characters, errata leaf laid down with loss. Contemporary vellum with ties; stained and wrinkled, small hole in front cover.

Provenance

STC 6205

Catalogue Note

First edition, relatively scarce. A full and authoratative treatise on the jurisdictions of justices of the peace out of session.