An Exact Account of the Trial Between Sr. William Pritchard, Kt. and Alderman of the City of London, Plaintiff, and Thomas Papillon, Esq; Defendant; In an Action Upon the Cafe. At the Sessions of Nisi Prius Holden for the Court of King's Bench at the Guild-Hall in the City of London, on Thursday the 6th of November, 1684. In Michaelmas Term, in the 36th Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second. Before Sir George Jefferies; Kt. and Baronet, Then Lord Chief Justice of the Said Court of King's Bench. To Which is Added, The Matter of Fact Relating to Election of Sheriffs, as it was Printed in the Year 1682. London: Printed and Sold by Richard Janeway in Queens-head-Court in Pater-Noster-Row. MDCLXXXIX (1689).
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Provenance:
Bookplate of the Wican Free Public Library.
Presentation bookplate reading "Presented to The Wigan Free Public Library by Rt. Hon. Earl of Crawford. LL.D. F.R.S. June 1907."
Binder and stationer bookplate of J. Starr.
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Size:190 x 301 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[(2), t.p., 2pp., 32pp., (2)].
Full cloth binding with an earlier red morocco fragment with the gilt title. Small parts of the cloth backstrip lacking and peeling. Binding lightly rubbed and scuffed. Both boards attached with joints and hinges starting, somewhat fragile. Bookplates attached to the front pastedown and front blank. Ink inscription to the reverso of the title page reading "38720". Text block fairly clean with light toning, some foxing, and occasional pencil marginalia. Occasional library blind-stamping leaves. Toning and offsetting to blanks. Blind-stamp to a small number of leaves.
