Cooke, George

Reports And Cases Of Practice In The Court Of Common Pleas, In The Reigns Of Queen Anne, King George and King George II By A Late Eminent Hand. With Two Tables; One Of The Names Of The Cases, The Other Of The Principal Matters. In The Savoy.

London: Lintot, 1747. 2nd Edition. 8vo. Original Calf. pp. [12], numbered every second page to 160 [in all pp. 286], [34 index and publisher's advert]. Original full calf, gilt, re-cased with a number '2' on spine, later spine label; appears to be a complete work of the 2nd edition. Sir George Cooke (1705-1768) was an English barrister and politician, described by Walpole as a 'pompous Jacobite". A handsome copy of this valuable and interesting work, rarely found outside institutional libraries. Good. Item #017315

Price: $1,045.00 NZD