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Law. A large collection of law reference, 17th-19th century, including: 1) March (John). Reports: or, New Cases; with Divers Resolutions and Judgements given upon solemn Arguments and with Great Deliberation. And The Reasons and Causes of the said Resolutions and Judgements, 1st edition, London: by M. F. for W. Lee [and others], 1648, contemporary quarter vellum, marbled paper sides (almost entirely worn away), 4to, 2) Clift (Henry, editor). A New Book of Declarations, Pleadings, Verdicts, Judgments, and Judicial Writs, 2nd edition, London: by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, for Jane Wotton [and others], 1719, contemporary engraved bookplate (H. B. Lacey, with motto 'nil sine pace viget'), contemporary calf, joints cracked, leather worn and lifting in places, folio, 3) Comberbach (Roger, editor). The Report of Several Cases argued and adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; form the First Year of King James the Second, to the tenth Year of King William the Third, 1st edition, London: by E. and R. Nutt for J. Walthoe, 1724, contemporary half calf, marbled sides, folio, 4) Buller (Sir Francis). An Introduction to the Law relative to Trials at Nisi Prius, 2nd edition, London: by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, for C. Bathurst, 1725, contemporary calf, leather worn and lifting in places, 4to, 5) [Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey]. The Law of Evidence, 2nd edition ('corrected'), London: by Catherine Lintot for W. Owen, 1760, contemporary half sheep, joints cracked, tips worn, 8vo, and numerous similar (including many odd volumes and incomplete sets), the lot not collated and sold as seen (Qty: 6 shelves & a carton) Provenance: salvaged from a former solicitor's office in Carmarthenshire, Wales. ESTC R6440 (March), T126604 (Clift: six copies in UK libraries), N37080 (Comberbach), T110947 (Buller), T129615 (Gilbert). This 'second edition' of Clift's work is described by ESTC as a re-issue of the first edition, which appeared in 1703.