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The elements of the common laws of England, branched into a double tract : the one contayning a collection of some principall rules and maximes of the common law ... the other the use of the common law, for preservation of our persons, goods and good names ... / by the late Sir Francis Bacon knight, Lo: Verulam and Viscount S. Alban ...

Accession number
PML 37208.1
Creator
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Published
London : Printed by [Robert Young for] the assignes of I. More, Esq., 1630.
Credit line
Gift of Roland L. Redmond, 1942.
Notes
First ed. STC 1134 of Pt. I. The Elements of common laws of England. Second edition of Pt. II. The use of the law. (1st ed. STC 1175 was published in 1629).
Added title page reads: A collection of some principall rvles and maximes of the common lawes of England ... London, Assignes of Iohn Moore, Esq., Anno MDCXXX.
Lacking pp. 55-58?
Description
2 parts in 1 volume (104; 83, [1] pages) ; 18 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription in unknown hand in ink on seond front flyleaf: (in Latin).
Provenance
From the G. Walter Steeves collection (sale May 25, 1916, no. 51); Roland Redmond.
Binding
Dark brown leather, rebacked.
Classification
Department