Peachey James Pearse (1 results)

London: H. Sweet, 1860. Peachey, James Pearse. A Treatise on the Law of Marriage and Other Family Settlements, With Precedents and Practical Notes. London: H. Sweet, 1860. lviii, 1041 pp. Textured cloth, rebacked by the Birmingham Law Society. Gilt stamped spine and front cover. Wear to corners and spine ends, hinges cracked but secure. Bottom half of textblock splitting to title. Library stamps to title and various pages. $450. * This early English treatise on family law (in the modern sense of the term) is notably thorough. Quite interesting for its Victorian perspective, it includes chapters on "family arrangements and settlements" (Chapter XIX), "pin money" (Chapter X) and "settling property to the wife's separate use" (Chapter IX). Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 2:275. London: H. Sweet, 1860. (illustrator).…