A Complete Collection of State Trials, 3rd ed. 6 Vols. Folio. Complete

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Darby's "Invaluable" Collection of English State Trials with Interesting American Provenance [Darby, John (d.1733), Compiler]. [Emlyn, S[ollem] (1697-1754), Editor]. A Complete Collection of State-Trials, And Proceedings for High-Treason, And Other Crimes and Misdemeanours; From the Reign of King Richard II. To the Reign of King George II. In Six Volumes. With Two Alphabetical tables to the Whole. With Additions. London: Printed for the Undertakers, John Walthoe Sen. and Jun. Thomas Wotton, Charles Bathurst, Jacob and Richard Tonson, And the Representatives of John Darby, Deceased [et al.], 1742. 6 volumes. Main text in double columns. Collated and complete. Folio (14" x 8-1/2"). Contemporary calf, gilt frames to boards, gilt spines with raised bands, lettering pieces and gilt volume numbers, blind tooling to board edges, Volumes I-III rebacked in period style retaining pieces of existing spine, hinges of those volumes mended. Moderate rubbing and scuffing to boards, heavier rubbing to extremities, corners bumped and somewhat worn, spines abraded, wear to spine ends of Volumes IV-VI, boards of those volumes beginning to separate but secure. Title pages printed in red and black. Negligible light toning to interiors, heavier toning, light edgewear, light foxing and faint dampstaining to preliminaries and final leaves, light foxing to main texts in a few places, early owner signature (Vaughan) and recent owner signature (B.W. Palmer) to front pastedowns and free endpapers, front free endpaper lacking from Volume II. Internally very good. A good working set. $500. * Third edition. A comprehensive work containing transcripts and accounts of major English judicial proceedings. Compiled originally by Thomas Salmon and edited in this third edition by Sollom Emlyn, it serves as a primary historical record of British criminal law and political history. The collection documents "State Trials," which were typically cases of high political importance or social notoriety from the reign of Richard II through George II. Key trial categories include: trials of prominent figures accused of plotting against the Crown or state; significant cases of murder, piracy (such as Captain William Kidd), seditious libel, and perjury; notable cases with political implications, such as the trial of Ford Lord Grey for debauching Lady Henrietta Berk.…

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A Complete Collection of State Trials, 3rd ed. 6 Vols. Folio. Complete
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Darby, John, Compiler; Emlyn, Sollom, Editor
Publication year
1742
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