1669 Edward Coke LAW Commentary on Institutes of England FOLIO with PROVENANCE

1669 Edward Coke LAW Commentary on Institutes of England FOLIO with PROVENANCE

“Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicate, for they have no souls.”

– Edward Coke

The foundational work on English Common Law!

Edward Coke is one of England’s most prolific legal reporters, known for his reports on the Gunpowder Plot, judicial rulings, and influences on the U.S. Constitutional amendments. One of his most important works was ‘Institutes of the Laws of England’, a collection of legal treatises which is known to be one of the foundational documents on common law.

Item number: #27394

Price: $795

COKE, Edward

The Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England; Concerning the Jurisdiction of Courts

London: printed for A. Crooke, W. Leake, A. Roper, F. Tyton, etc.…, 1669.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [10], 364, [36]
  • Includes engraved portrait frontispiece
• References: ESTC R22356; Wing P 3905
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Sr. Humphrey Mackworth of Neath
  • Sir Humphrey Mackworth (1657–1727) was a British industrialist and politician. He was involved in a business scandal in 1710, being investigated for fraud for funding his mining ventures outside legal means, though no charges were brought after the Whig government fell from power. Mackworth was a founding member of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and was knighted by King Charles II in 1683. He was also the grandson of Humphrey Mackworth (1603–1654), an English lawyer, judge, and politician of Shropshire who attained national prominence as a member of Oliver Cromwell’s Council and as a Member of the House of Commons for Shropshire in the First Protectorate Parliament. Motto: MORS ITER AD VITAM
• Language: English / Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~11.5in X 8in (29cm x 20.5cm)

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