Doctor and Student: Or Dialogues Between a Doctor of Divinity, And.
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London, 1761. 16th ed. Chief Justice Charles P. Daly's Copy of Doctor and Student (1761), Featuring a Bound-In Manuscript Review [St. German, Christopher (1460?-1540)]. Doctor and Student: Or Dialogues Between a Doctor of Divinity, And a Student in the Laws of England; Containing the Grounds of Those Laws, Together with Questions and Cases Concerning the Equity and Conscience Thereof; Also Comparing the Civil, Canon, Common and Statute Laws, And Shewing Wherein They Vary From One Another. To which are Now Restored and Added (by J. W.) Thirteen Chapters on the Power and Jurisdiction of the Parliament, &c. Omitted in All the Editions, Since the Year 1531. Except the Last. London: Printed by S. Richardson and C. Lintot, 1761. Sixteenth edition. Octavo. 8" x 5"; 203 x 127 mm. [xvi], 344, [40] pp. Complete with the final errata leaf featuring a publisher's catalogue on the verso. Early 20th century tan canvas, red and black lettering pieces to spine. Text block moderately toned with light, scattered foxing. Small library property stamps of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York to the title page and its verso (with a small ink annotation). Bookplate from the library of Charles P. Daly as "A Gift of Henry R. Hoyt 1907" to front pastedown. Inscribed letter of Daly reviewing the book bound in. A very good, tight copy with an excellent association. $450. * First published in Latin in 1523, Doctor and Student was the primary vehicle through which canon law concepts of equity, conscience, and "synderesis" (the innate moral conscience) were injected into the English common law. St. German's work shifted the definition of equity away from arbitrary royal grace and toward a structured system of moral fairness within the courts. This 1761 edition is particularly notable as it was printed by Samuel Richardson-the famous novelist who ran a highly successful law printing patent-and Catherine Lintot. It also includes the crucial "thirteen chapters" on parliamentary power, which shaped the rhetoric of both British and American lawyers on the eve of the American Revolution. The added chapters on the "Power and Jurisdiction of Parliament" were highly studied by early American legal minds. Provenance: Charles P. Daly (1816-1899), Chief Justice of the New York Court of Common Pleas, with his custom bookplate on the front pastedown with bound-in manu. …
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- Title
- Doctor and Student: Or Dialogues Between a Doctor of Divinity, And.
- Author
- Saint German, Christopher; St. Germain, Christoph
- Publication year
- 1761
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- London, 1761. 16th ed.
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- Antiquarian & Scholarly
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