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1638. London, 1638.. London, 1638. A Classic English Work on Equity and the Philosophy of Law that Influenced Blackstone [Saint German (Germain), Christopher]. The Dialogue in English, Betweene a Doctor of Divinitie, And a Student in the Lawes of England. Newly Corrected and Imprinted with New Additions. [London]: Printed by the Assignes of John More, Esquire, 1638. 176, [4] ff. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Later three-quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, fragment of shelf location label (?) to foot, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to extremities with negligible minor wear to corners, front hinge just starting at head, armorial bookplate (of William Carr) to front pastedown. Title printed within typographical border. Moderate toning to text, somewhat heavier in places, light foxing (or spotting) to a few leaves, headlines of a few leaves affected by trimming, tiny signature in early hand to head of title page. $400. * Later edition. With the second dialogue.… Read More

1638. A Classic English Work on Equity and the Philosophy of Law that Influenced Blackstone [Saint German (Germain), Christopher]. The Dialogue in English, Betweene a Doctor of Divinitie, And a Student in the Lawes of England. Newly Corrected and Imprinted with New Additions. [London]: Printed by the Assignes of John More, Esquire, 1638. 176, [4] ff. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3"). Recent quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt fillets, gilt title and date to spine, edges rouged, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to extremities, light offsetting to endleaves. Title printed within typographical border. Moderate toning to text, somewhat heavier in places, light chipping and edgewear to some leaves with no loss to text, light foxing (or spotting) and soiling to a few leaves, faint dampstaining to top-edge of first few leaves, corners of title page mended, ownership signature (of John Frederick Bowman) dated 1880 to title page with early annotations in a different hand to title page and pp. 61 and… Read More

1638. A Classic English Work on Equity and the Philosophy of Law that Influenced Blackstone [Saint German (Germain), Christopher]. The Dialogue in English, Betweene a Doctor of Divinitie, And a Student in the Lawes of England. Newly Corrected and Imprinted with New Additions. [London]: Printed by the Assignes of John More, Esquire, 1638. 176, [4] ff. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Later sheep, blind rules to boards, lettering piece and blind fillets to spine, existing endleaves retained. Faint spotting to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to foot of spine, a few wormholes to head of spine, corners bumped, front joint starting, front hinge cracked, later library bookplate to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, somewhat heavier in places, tiny hole near center of leaf k7 (pp. 78-79) with no loss to legibility, light soiling to endleaves and title page. $450. * Later edition. With the second dialogue. Written originally in Latin in 1523 and cast in dialogic form, this was the first… Read More

1593 English LAW 1ed Doctor & Student Christopher St Germain Dialogues Divinity
Christopher St. Germain was a 16th-century English lawyer who is best remembered for his first published book 'Dialogues'. More commonly known as 'Doctor and Student', this work is a series of fictional conversations between a divinity doctor and an English barrister. This work is important because it was the first work to cover equity in English laws. Additionally, it influenced later books on English common law.
Item number: #20493
Price: $1950
ST GERMAIN, Christopher
The dialogue in English, betweene a Doctor of Diuinitie, and a student in the lawes of England
London : In Fleetestreete, within Temple Barre at the signe of the Hand and Starre by Richard Tottill, 1593. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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176 leaves, [8]
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Signatures: A-Y8 Z4
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References: USTC 512467
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Provenance: Handwritten
o Arthur Myles Junr., 1670
o Eames Wilforde
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Language: English… Read More