Lot 69

Presentation copy from the Lord Chancellor to the Master of the Rolls.- Cooke (Edward) translator. Magna Charta, Made in the Ninth Year of K. Henry the Third, printed by the Assignees of Richard and Edward Atkins, 1680

Hammer Price: £1,700

Description

Presentation copy from the Lord Chancellor to the Master of the Rolls.- Cooke (Edward, translator) Magna Charta, Made in the Ninth Year of K. Henry the Third, repair to C2 affecting 1 word of text, some light browning, presentation inscription "The Master of the Rolls D.D. The Lord Chancellor. July 27th 1934. "With grateful thanks for all his help" S[ankey]" to front free endpaper, bookplate of Edward Jackson Barron to front pastedown, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, extremities rubbed, 8vo, printed by the Assignees of Richard and Edward Atkins, 1680.

⁂ With a distinguished legal provenance, inscribed from the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey (1866-1948), formerly the most senior member of the judiciary in the country, to the Master of the Rolls, Ernest Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth (1861-1936), formerly the most senior judge of the civil division, as a gift of thanks 1934.

Description

Presentation copy from the Lord Chancellor to the Master of the Rolls.- Cooke (Edward, translator) Magna Charta, Made in the Ninth Year of K. Henry the Third, repair to C2 affecting 1 word of text, some light browning, presentation inscription "The Master of the Rolls D.D. The Lord Chancellor. July 27th 1934. "With grateful thanks for all his help" S[ankey]" to front free endpaper, bookplate of Edward Jackson Barron to front pastedown, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, extremities rubbed, 8vo, printed by the Assignees of Richard and Edward Atkins, 1680.

⁂ With a distinguished legal provenance, inscribed from the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey (1866-1948), formerly the most senior member of the judiciary in the country, to the Master of the Rolls, Ernest Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth (1861-1936), formerly the most senior judge of the civil division, as a gift of thanks 1934.

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