Histoire du droit romain. English
Glasgow collection of Continental legal literature.

The history of the Roman or civil law : shewing its origin and progress; how, and when the several parts of it were first compil'd; with some account of the principal writers and commentators thereupon: and of the method to be observ'd in studying the same / written originally in French, by M. Claude Joseph de Ferriere. To which is added, Dr. Duck's Treatise of the use and authority of the civil law in England. Translated into English, by J.B. Esqr.

London : Printed for D. Browne ..., and F. Clay ..., 1724.

[12], iv, 169, [1], xxxviii pages; 20 cm (8vo)

Dedication signed: John Beaver.
Duck's treatise is a translation of his De usu et authoritate iuris civilis Romanorum, lib. 2, cap. 8.
Signatures: A-O⁸.
The lib. copies are different issues. Copy 1 substitutes for the contents (A5r-A6r) a single leaf, stubbed in, printed on one side. The latter lists, at the end, "Of the history of the origin of the French laws," which follows the present title in this copy. The imprint of the second work is identical to that of the first.
Tailpiece, initial frames.

Binding, c. 1: contemporary calf, rebacked, gold-tooled and -stamped on back, with title label; c. 2: buckram, partly detached, with loose endpapers and half-title.

With (c. 1): Fleury, Claude. The history of the origine of the French laws. London : D. Browne, 1724.

Provenance (c. 1): From the Library of the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, Scotland.
Provenance (c. 1): David Murray Esq. M.A. (presentation bookplate, dated Dec. 1886); c. 2: John Monck (inscription).

England -- London.

KJA1942.F47 E5 1724

English

Duck, Arthur, 1580-1648. De usu et authoritate juris civilis Romanorum. Bk. 2, ch. 8. English.