Index; xiv+266+xlvipp; last leaf detached; some browning .
The second book was not published until 1721. Elizabeth Nutt [c.1666-1746] who took over her husband's business on his death in 1716, was one of the few early women law book printers. William Hawkins (1681/2-1750), serjeant-at-law and legal writer, was appointed serjeant at Inner Temple in 1724 and is best known for his "Pleas of the Crown" (1716-21) the "first substantial exposition of English criminal law to be printed since that by Sir Edward Coke
Index; xiv+266+xlvipp; last leaf detached; some browning .
The second book was not published until 1721. Elizabeth Nutt [c.1666-1746] who took over her husband's business on his death in 1716, was one of the few early women law book printers. William Hawkins (1681/2-1750), serjeant-at-law and legal writer, was appointed serjeant at Inner Temple in 1724 and is best known for his "Pleas of the Crown" (1716-21) the "first substantial exposition of English criminal law to be printed since that by Sir Edward Coke
| Binding | folio contemp. calf, worn, front cover detached, rear cover missing, |
| Publication | 1st edit., Savoy, Printed by Eliz. Nutt, for J. Walthoe and J. Walthoe Jun., 1716.Wide margined copy. Early ownership signature of Drakeford. ESTC T107636 |
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