Harebotle Grimston (5 results)
Language: English
Published by R. Hodgkinsonne, London 1657
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rosenlund Rare Books & Manuscripts, Basking Ridge, NJ, U.S.A.Rosenlund Rare Books & Manuscripts
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. [22], 669p. Contemporary calf with boards ruled in blind. Rebacked with a 20th century rebacking with a new spine and label. Frontispiece missing. First edition. Sir George Croke (c1560-1642) began reporting law cases in 1581. He is mentioned as an advocate in his own reports in 1588…. After his death, his son-in-law Harbottle Grimston (1603-1685) translated the law reports from the law French. They soon occupied a considerable place in the authoritative literature of the common law. An important work that influenced the U.S. Founding Fathers. George Wythe (1726-1806) owned a copy of the 1683 edition which was inventoried by Thomas Jefferson after Wythe's death. Jefferson kept the copy for himself since he may well have used it while studying law under Wythe around 1762-65. He eventually sold it along with his library to the Library of Congress. From the Library of the Brighton Law Society with their stamp on the title page and the front board. Margins of the title page professional repaired and corners bumped otherwise internally a clean copy.
More imagesTHE FIRST AND SECOND PARTS OF THE REPORTS OF SIR GEORGE CROKE KNIGHT, Late, One of the Justices of the Court of KINGS - BENCH; and Formerly, One of the Justices of the Court of COMMON - BENCH, of Such Select Cases As Were Adjudged in the in Said Courts, During the Whole Reign of the Late King JAMES & ELIZABETH
Croke, Sr. George, Knight - Harebotle Grimston (translator and editor)
Published by Place, London 1661
- Hardcover
Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.Evolving Lens Bookseller
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition is Good, bound in rebacked full leather, with five raised bands, embossed decorations and three affixed labels at spine. A few small scuffs to exterior, a few bumps to edges. Some dampstaining, foxing and dampspotting and darkening to interior. Occasional small, neat markings to margins of text; small, neat…markings to a few lists in both volumes. Volume the First includes Epistle Dedicatory [8 printed pages, written by Harebotle], [Censors approval page], A Table [19 printed pages], 1-920, Errata, A perfect Table Referring to Several Points of Law, Argued and Reseolved in this Book [A-L], plus A Catalogue of Law Books, and such as appertain to the Law [three printed pages]. Volume the Second includes a Dedication to the Students of common-laws [three printed pages], [Censors approval page], 1-700, An Alphabetical Table of the Names of Principle Cases, etc. [12 printed pages], plus the Table of the Judges & etc. [8 printed pages, with Errata printed bottom half of page 8], plus An Exact Table of the Principle Points of Law, etc. [21 printed pages]. Frontispiece and title page present in each volume. This set includes Croke's reports during the time time of James and Elizabeth. Croke's works hold a "considerable place in the authoritative literature of the common law" (The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1558-1603, edited by P. W. Hasler). ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.
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Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerVolume one only. "A Work of Credit and Celebrity" Croke, Sir George [1560-1642]. Grimston, Sir Harbottle [1603-1685], Translator and Editor. Leach, Thomas [1746-1818], Editor. Reports of Sir George Croke, Knight, Formerly One of the Justices of the Courts of King's-Bench and Common-Pleas, Of Such Select Cases as Were Adjudged in… the Said Courts During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. Collected and Written in French, By Himself; Revised and Published in English, By Sir Harbottle Grimston, Baronet, Master of the Rolls. Corrected, With Marginal Notes and references to the Later Reports, And Other Books of Authority, by Thomas Leach, Esq. Of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law [VOLUME I ONLY]. London: Printed for E. and R. Brooke, Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar; And T. Whieldon, Fleet-Street, 1790. 2 volumes. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"; 24.13 x 15.24 cm). Contemporary calf with early rebacking, blind fillets to boards, blind fillets and red and black lettering pieces to spines, hinges reinforced. Light rubbing and a few minor stains to boards, front boards detached, moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to corners, rear hinges cracked. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing to sections of text, later owner stamp of William Dudley Foulke to front boards, spines and front free endpapers. $100. * Fourth edition. Croke stood for judicial independence. His collection of reports, which include cases from 1582 to 1641, was, notes James Kent, "a work of credit and celebrity" that has "sustained its character in every succeeding age." Grimston, 2nd Baronet, Member of Parliament and later Speaker of the House of Commons, was Croke's son-in-law. Leach was a notable legal writer. A New York-born alumnus of Columbia and Columbia Law School who lived most of his adult life in Indiana, William Dudley Foulke [1848-1935] was a lawyer who had a notable career as a Progressive polician and social reformer. He is better known, however, for his distinguished work as a literary critic, poet, translator and journalist. Kent cited in Wallace, The Reporters 198-205. English Short-Title Catalogue T98372. Volume one only (illustrator).
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Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. "A Work of Credit and Celebrity" Croke, Sir George [1560-1642]. Grimston, Sir Harbottle[1603-1685], Translator and Editor. The Reports of Sir George Croke Knight; Late, One of the Justices of the Court of Kings-Bench; And Formerly, One of the Justices of the Court of Common-Bench, Of Such Select Cases as Were Adju…dged in the Said Courts, The Time that He was Judge in Either of Them. Collected and Written in French by Himself; Revised, And Published in English by Sir Harebotle Grimston, Baronet, One of the Benchers of the Honourable Society of Lincolns-Inn. London: Printed by J[ohn] S[treater] and are to be Sold by the Stationers of London, 1657. [xii], 438, [48] pp. Portrait frontispiece lacking. Folio (11" x 7-1/4). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, blind panels and a large, bright, ornate, and well-preserved armorial gilt arms of the Trevelyan Baronets to boards, raised bands and blind fillets to spine, gilt rules to board edges, hinges mended. A few minor scuffs, faint stains and tiny spots to boards, corners bumped and lightly worn. Light toning to interior, light soiling and smudges to a few leaves, offsetting, and a few chips and tears to endleaves, negligible, gradually diminishing small worm track to head of text block through p. 171, later owner stamp of Sir Walter John Trevelyan to front endleaf. $500. * First edition, one of two issues, both in 1657. Croke stood for judicial independence. His collection of reports, which include cases from 1582 to 1641, was, notes James Kent, "a work of credit and celebrity" that has "sustained its character in every succeeding age." Grimston, 2nd Baronet, Member of Parliament and later Speaker of the House of Commons, was Croke's son-in-law. The Trevelyan Baronetcy of Nettlecombe was created in 1662. Sir Walter John Trevelyan [1866-1931], 8th Baronet, was a landowner and high sheriff of Cornwall. Kent cited in Wallace, The Reporters 198-205. English Short-Title Catalogue R19053.
The REPORTS Of SR. GEORGE CROKE KNIGHT; Late, one of the Justices of the Court of KINGS - BENCH; And formerly, one of the Justices of the Court of COMMON - BENCH, of Such Select Cases as were adjudged in the Said Courts, the time that he was Judge in either of them: Collected and written in French by Himself; Revised and Published in English by Sire Harebotle Grimston Baronet, One of the Benchers of the Honourable Society of Lincolns - Inn
Croke, Sr. George, Knight [1560 - 1642]. Grimston, Harebotle [1603 - 1685] - Editor & Translator
Published by Printed by R. Hodgkinsonne, and are to be sold by William Leak, by Thomas Firby, London 1657
- First Edition
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller1st edition (Wing C-7014A). [24], 669, [3] pp. Frontis. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. Copperplate printer's device to foot of 4P3 Folio: 2 a - b4 c2 A - 4P4. 11-1/2" x 7-1/8" Fairly uncommon legal title in first edition. only one copy at auction these last 30 years. Some wear to binding tips. Extenisve co…ntemporaneous marginalia. A VG+ copy. Period full calf with modern respining to style.
