BOULEUTERION, Or a Practical Demonstration of County Judicatures.

Greenwood, William

Publication Date: 1659

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First Edition of a Classic Handbook for Lay Justices Greenwood, William. BOULEUTERION. Or a Practical Demonstration of County Judicatures. Wherein is Amply Explained the Judiciall and Ministeriall Authority of Sheriffs. Together with the Original, Jurisdiction, And Method of Keeping All Countrey Courts. London: Printed by T.R. For John Place, At Furnivals Inne Gate, And William Place at Grays-Inne Gate in Holborne, 1659. [xxii], 397, [43] pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4-1/4"). Contemporary sprinkled sheep, blind rules to boards, rebacked retaining existing spine with raised bands and blind fillets, blind tooling to board edges, early hand-lettered title ("County/ Courts") to fore-edge of text block. Negligible light rubbing and a few faint creases to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, light wear to corners, pastedowns loose, offsetting, light edgewear, corner folds to endleaves, lower outside corner lacking from front endleaf. Light toning to interior, early penmanship exercises to front endleaves. An attractive copy. $650. * First edition. Published the year before the Restoration, Greenwood's handbook is a useful source of information about the work of sheriffs and other lay officers during the Commonwealth period. Later editions appeared in 1664, 1668, 1675, 1680 and 1685. A revised edition appeared in 1703. English Short-Title Catalogue R209680.

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• Title: BOULEUTERION, Or a Practical Demonstration of County Judicatures.
• Publication Date: 1659
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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