The Office and Duty of Executors Or, A Treatise Directing Testators.

Publication date: 1720

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"The Foundation of All Similar Productions" Wentworth, Thomas [c.1568-1628]. Curson, H[enry], Editor. The Office and Duty of Executors: Or, A Treatise Directing Testators to Form, And Executors to Perform Their Wills and Testaments According to Law. Originally Compiled by That Judicious and Approved Author, Tho. Wentworth, Late Bencher of Lincoln's-Inn. And Now Enlarged with a Supplement, Containing Divers Matters and Things not Comprized in Former Impressions, Relating to Wills, Executors, Administrators, Devises, Legacies, &c. Collected from the Common and Statute Laws, And Methodically Digested, Rendring the Whole Compleat, And in All its Parts Conformable to the Present Time and Laws now in Force. With References to the Several Acts of Parliament and Authentick Books of Reports both Ancient and Modern Authorizing and Approving the Same. By H. Curson of the Inner-Temple. [London]: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling, 1720. [iv], vi, [10], 468, [72] pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, blind rules to boards, blind fillets along joints, blind tooling to board edges, raised bands, lettering piece, blind fillets and gilt publication date to spine, hinges mended. Minor nicks, scuffs and tiny stains to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges, corners bumped, early owner signature (Wm. Orde) to front and rear pastedowns. Moderate toning to interior, faint dampspotting to a few leaves. $400. * Later edition. First published in 1641, the "authorship of this treatise is ascribed to Mr. Justice Dodderidge, though the work is commonly Known as Wentworth's Executors. It constitutes the foundation of all similar productions of the kind, and has always been regarded as a high authority in these matters" (Marvin). This was a popular and well-received work that went through several editions and issues into the nineteenth century. Marvin, Legal Bibliography 724-725. English Short-Title Catalogue R220926. …

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Title
The Office and Duty of Executors Or, A Treatise Directing Testators.
Author
Wentworth, Thomas; Curson, Henry
Publication year
1720
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Hardcover
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