Lot 100
Law.- Wilson (John) A Short Treatise on the Law, Relative to Arbitration... , first edition, Hull, 1792.
Hammer Price: £480
Description
Law.- Wilson (John) A Short Treatise on the Law, Relative to Arbitration..., first edition, slight worming to lower margin of last few leaves and rear pastedown, engraved bookplate of John Clarke Stoughton, Wymondham, Norfolk, original boards, uncut, rubbed and lightly stained, spine worn and defective at foot, 8vo, Hull, for the Publisher, 1792.
⁂ The author was a member of the Yorkshire Law Society to which the book is dedicated. The Society, the second oldest of all the numerous regional law societies in England and Wales, was founded in 1786.
Very rare. ESTC records Harvard Law Library copy only but Library Hub cites one at the British Library and OCLC adds 6 others in US libraries but no more in UK. This copy is the only one we have been able to trace at auction, sold in these rooms in 2019.
Description
Law.- Wilson (John) A Short Treatise on the Law, Relative to Arbitration..., first edition, slight worming to lower margin of last few leaves and rear pastedown, engraved bookplate of John Clarke Stoughton, Wymondham, Norfolk, original boards, uncut, rubbed and lightly stained, spine worn and defective at foot, 8vo, Hull, for the Publisher, 1792.
⁂ The author was a member of the Yorkshire Law Society to which the book is dedicated. The Society, the second oldest of all the numerous regional law societies in England and Wales, was founded in 1786.
Very rare. ESTC records Harvard Law Library copy only but Library Hub cites one at the British Library and OCLC adds 6 others in US libraries but no more in UK. This copy is the only one we have been able to trace at auction, sold in these rooms in 2019.
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