The Second Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. Containing the Exposition of many ancient, and other Statutes

Edward Coke,

The Second Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. Containing the Exposition of many ancient, and other Statutes

London: Printed by M. Flesher, and R. Young, for E. D., R. M., W. L., and D. P., 1642

First Edition.  Contains a line-by-line exposition of the Magna Carta.

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First Edition.  Contains a line-by-line exposition of the Magna Carta.

First Edition.  Contains a line-by-line exposition of the Magna Carta.

The volume(s) measure about 30 cm. by 19.3 cm. by 7 cm.

Each leaf measures about 293 mm. by 180 mm.

The Second Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. Containing the Exposition of many ancient, and other Statutes; Whereof you may see the particulars in a table following. Authore Edw. Coke Milite, I.C. London: Printed by M. Flesher, and R. Young, for E. D., R. M., W. L., and D. P., 1642.

The volume is paginated as follows: [12], 745, [3] p.

The volume collates as follows: A6, B – 5A4, 5B6

First Edition. Complete with the portrait and the final colophon leaf giving the publishers’ full names; London, Printed by Miles Flesher and Robert Young, and are sold by Ephraim Dawson, R. Meighen, William Lee, and Daniel Pakeman in Fleetstreet, 1642.

The scarce stop-press correction with pages 28-29 correctly numbered. Wing C4948A. ESTC R231698.

Bound in full Cambridge style contemporary calf, probably later 17th Century, the spine in six compartments with five raised bands. With a later worn green leather lettering piece in the second compartment from the top. The boards generally very good with the front board starting at the top. The portrait trimmed and remounted at some time, preserving the plate mark.

Internally near fine, the pages white and crisp with little in the way of stains or foxing.

The Institutes of the Lawes of England are a series of legal treatises written by Sir Edward Coke. They were first published, in stages, between 1628 and 1644. Widely recognized as a foundational document of the common law, they have been cited in over 70 cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, including several landmark cases. For example, in Roe v. Wade (1973), Coke’s Institutes are cited as evidence that under old English common law, an abortion performed before quickening was not an indictable offence. In the much earlier case of United States v. E. C. Knight Co. (1895), Coke’s Institutes are quoted at some length for their definition of monopolies. The Institutes’s various reprinted editions well into the 19th century is a clear indication of the long lasting value placed on this work throughout especially the 18th century in Britain and Europe.

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