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Lot 195
Sale 6370 - The Collected Library
Lots Open
Nov 26, 2025
Lots Close
Dec 11, 2025
Timed Online / Philadelphia
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$585
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[Law] (Somers, John) A Guide To the Knowledge of the Rights and Privileges of Englishmen...
London: J. Scott, 1757. First edition. 12mo. (x), 254 pp. Full brown calf, rebacked, extremities worn, rear board soiled; red morocco spine label, gilt listing incorrect author and title; errata slip tipped to verso of title-page; all edges speckled red; contemporary ownership signature on title-page. ESTC T61073
Scarce legal compilation attributed to English jurist and statesman John Somers (1651-1716), featuring the text of many important tracts, among them the Magna Charta, the Bill of Rights, and the Habeas Corpus Act.