A treatise of tenures. Containing the original, nature, use and effect of feudal or common-law tenures. With a complete table to the whole. By a late learned judge.
by Gilbert, Geoffrey (1674-1726)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Dublin: Dublin: printed by Alex. M'Culloh, for Sarah Cotter, under Dick's Coffee-House, in Skinner-Row, M,DCC,LIV. [1754], 1754. Hardcover. Very Good. Description: 8vo (7¾ × 5 in): vii, 144, [36] p. Modern quarter cloth over paper-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine. · Register: 8º: [A]^4 B-T^4 ²A-D^4 ²E^2. (D missigned 'C'; the index begins a new register.) · Condition: Old paper repair to title-page, not affecting text. Moderate browning to pages; a few early manuscript annotations. · Comments: Sole Dublin edition; London editions were published in 1730, 1738, 1757, 1796, and 1824. Holdsworth observes that Gilbert's treatise assumes a basic understanding of feudal tenures and shows that it is the basis for many of the technical rules of English land law. This Dublin edition omits the second part of the treatise, which dealt with copyhold tenure. · References: Johnson 83 (5 copies; this edition in Yeates' library); S&M 1:453(20); Holdsworth, HEL 369-370; ESTC T207893.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Nostre Livers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000049
- Title
- A treatise of tenures. Containing the original, nature, use and effect of feudal or common-law tenures. With a complete table to the whole. By a late learned judge.
- Author
- Gilbert, Geoffrey (1674-1726)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dublin: printed by Alex. M'Culloh, for Sarah Cotter, under Dick's Coffee-House, in Skinner-Row, M,DCC,LIV. [1754]
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1754
- Keywords
- Legal History , Property
- Bookseller catalogs
- Johnson Imported Law Treatises; Property & Tenures;
Terms of Sale
Nostre Livers
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Sales tax of 6% added for orders shipping to a Virginia address.
About the Seller
Nostre Livers
Biblio member since 2009
Arlington, Virginia
About Nostre Livers
Specializing in antiquarian Anglo-American law and legal history. "Nostre livers": "our books (usu. meaning year books)."--J.H. Baker, Manual of Law French, p. 141, s.v. "livers" (1990).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...