Fp.7.12 - Fp.7.14
An abridgment of the law of Nisi prius. / by William Selwyn, jun. esq. of Lincoln's Inn, barrister at law.
Second edition, with considerable additions.
London : Printed for W. Clarke and sons, law booksellers, Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn; and J. Cooke, Dublin., 1810.
2 v. (xvii, [35], 720; x, 721-1322, [84] p.) ; 24 cm.
Printer's name given on verso of t.p. and on final page of each volume: G. Davidson, printer. 19 Old Boswell Court, London.
Contents list given at the beginning of each volume.
Advertisement at the end of the preface to first volume.
Index to names of cases in both volumes given immediately after contents list of first volume.
Contents: Vol. 1: 1. Account, 2. Adultery, 3. Assault and battery, 4. Assumpsit, 5. Attorney, 6. Auction, 7. Bankrupt, 8. Barone and Feme, 9. Bills of exchange and promissory notes, 10. Carriers, 11. Common, 12. Consequentiae damages, 13. Covenant, 14. Debt, 15. Deceit, 16. Detinue, 17. Distress. -- Vol. 2: 18. Ejectment, 19. Executors and administrators, 20. Factor, 21. Fishery, 22. Frauds, statute of, 23. Game, 24. Imprisonment, 25. Insurance, 26. Libel, 27. Malicious prosecution, 28. Master and servant, 29. Nusance, 30. Partners, 31. Partners, 32. Rescous, 33. Slander, 34. Stoppage in transitu, 35. Tithes, 36. Trespass, 37. Trover, 38. Use and occupation, 39. Wager.
Inscription on title-page: From the author.
Contemporary mid brown calf; blind tooled scroll roll frame; blind tooled double fillet on spine; red and black morocco spine labels with gold tooled letters; five raised bands.
Previous shelfmark: Fp.6.7 and Fp.6.8.
Nisi prius Digests Great Britain.
Clarke, William, fl. 1790 - 1829 bookseller.
Cooke, John, 1731 - 1810 bookseller.
Davidson, George printer.
England London
B45755