The commentaries, or reports of Edmund Plowden, of the Middle-Temple, Esq, an apprentice of the common law : containing divers cases upon matters of law, argued and adjudged in the several reigns of King Edward VI, Queen Mary, King and Queen Philip and Mary, and Queen Elizabeth : originally written in French, and now faithfully translated into English, and considerably improved by many marginal notes and references to all the books of the common law, both ancient and modern : to which are added, the Quæries of Mr. Plowden, now first rendered into English at large, with references, and many useful observations : in two parts : with two new tables, more compleat than any yet published; the one, of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters.
1761
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Commentaries. English
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The commentaries, or reports of Edmund Plowden, of the Middle-Temple, Esq, an apprentice of the common law : containing divers cases upon matters of law, argued and adjudged in the several reigns of King Edward VI, Queen Mary, King and Queen Philip and Mary, and Queen Elizabeth : originally written in French, and now faithfully translated into English, and considerably improved by many marginal notes and references to all the books of the common law, both ancient and modern : to which are added, the Quæries of Mr. Plowden, now first rendered into English at large, with references, and many useful observations : in two parts : with two new tables, more compleat than any yet published; the one, of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters.
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In the Savoy [London] : Printed by Catharine Lintot, and Samuel Richardson, law printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, for the translator, MDCCLXI. [1761]
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1 online resource (2 parts in 1 (vi, 567 pages, 15 pages, 68 pages, 48 unnumbered pages)) : portrait
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Part 2 has a separate title page, "The second part of the commentaries, or reports of Edmund Plowden"; pagination and register are continuous.
The two parts are paged continuously; immediately following part 2 is the case of "Basset and Morgan versus Manxel. at Serjeant's Inn" (15 pages), followed by the Quæries, with separate title page and pagination (68 pages); register is continuous.
The frontispiece is engraved and the upper part consists of a portrait within an oval frame bearing the inscription: Edmund Plowden Serjeant at Law T.R. 27 Oct. 5 & 6 P. and M.A.D. 1558; in the lower part is a monument containing the recumbent figure of Plowden; beneath the lower right hand corner of the frontispiece: T. Stayner Sculp.; at foot of the frontispiece: Printed for J. Worrall at the Dove in Bell Yard near Lincoln's Inn.
"His portrait has been engraved by T. Stagner, and his monument by J.T. Smith."--Dictionary of national biography under Plowden.
The two parts are paged continuously; immediately following part 2 is the case of "Basset and Morgan versus Manxel. at Serjeant's Inn" (15 pages), followed by the Quæries, with separate title page and pagination (68 pages); register is continuous.
The frontispiece is engraved and the upper part consists of a portrait within an oval frame bearing the inscription: Edmund Plowden Serjeant at Law T.R. 27 Oct. 5 & 6 P. and M.A.D. 1558; in the lower part is a monument containing the recumbent figure of Plowden; beneath the lower right hand corner of the frontispiece: T. Stayner Sculp.; at foot of the frontispiece: Printed for J. Worrall at the Dove in Bell Yard near Lincoln's Inn.
"His portrait has been engraved by T. Stagner, and his monument by J.T. Smith."--Dictionary of national biography under Plowden.
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English Short Title Catalog, T144729.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (LLMC Digital, viewed June 29, 2015).
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Print version: Great Britain. Courts. Commentaries, or Reports of Edmund Plowden. [London] In the Savoy, Printed by Catharine Lintot, and Samuel Richardson, for the translator, 1761
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Plowden, Edmund, 1518-1585. Quaeres. English.
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