Shelfmark
Fp.7.12 - Fp.7.14
Author
Title
An abridgment of the law of Nisi prius. / by William Selwyn, jun. esq. of Lincoln's Inn, barrister at law.
Edition
Second edition, with considerable additions.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for W. Clarke and sons, law booksellers, Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn; and J. Cooke, Dublin., 1810.
Physical description
2 v. (xvii, [35], 720; x, 721-1322, [84] p.) ; 24 cm.
Note
Printer's name given on verso of t.p. and on final page of each volume: G. Davidson, printer. 19 Old Boswell Court, London.
Note
Contents list given at the beginning of each volume.
Note
Advertisement at the end of the preface to first volume.
Note
Index to names of cases in both volumes given immediately after contents list of first volume.
Formatted contents note
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.
Provenance
Inscription on title-page: From the author.
Binding
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.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fp.6.7 and Fp.6.8.
Subject
Nisi prius Digests Great Britain.
Added entry--name
Clarke, William, fl. 1790 - 1829 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Cooke, John, 1731 - 1810 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Davidson, George printer.
Added entry--place
England London
Identifier
B45755