Author: Anon (Edmund Bohun)
Title: The Justice of Peace His Calling: A Moral Essay
Description: London, George Wells, 1684. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of Justice of Peace, His Calling; A Moral Essay written anonymously by Edmund Bohun. First edition referencing Copac. With a fold out of the 9 rules of making a good Justice of the Peace. Educated at Cambridge, Edmund Bohun was a seventeenth-century English writer on history and politics. He was mainly known for his political writing attacking the Whigs, for he was a staunch Tory publicist. Although in support of the Glorious Revolution he was briefly imprisoned for the publication of a pamphlet by a gentleman with a similar name. After this imprisonment, and an embarrassment at Parliament, Bohun emigrated to Caroline to be the first Chief Justice there. Collated: Complete Rebound in quarter calf with paper bound boards. Externally, smart with handling marks and light rubbing to top of spine. Fading to boards. Ex libris bookplate to pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean but age toned. Light foxing to first and last. Title page protected with archival paper. Contemporary ink annotation to front blank and page (i). Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Rebound Leather First Edition Scarce Leather None
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Title: The Justice of Peace His Calling: A Moral Essay
Description: London, George Wells, 1684. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of Justice of Peace, His Calling; A Moral Essay written anonymously by Edmund Bohun. First edition referencing Copac. With a fold out of the 9 rules of making a good Justice of the Peace. Educated at Cambridge, Edmund Bohun was a seventeenth-century English writer on history and politics. He was mainly known for his political writing attacking the Whigs, for he was a staunch Tory publicist. Although in support of the Glorious Revolution he was briefly imprisoned for the publication of a pamphlet by a gentleman with a similar name. After this imprisonment, and an embarrassment at Parliament, Bohun emigrated to Caroline to be the first Chief Justice there. Collated: Complete Rebound in quarter calf with paper bound boards. Externally, smart with handling marks and light rubbing to top of spine. Fading to boards. Ex libris bookplate to pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean but age toned. Light foxing to first and last. Title page protected with archival paper. Contemporary ink annotation to front blank and page (i). Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Rebound Leather First Edition Scarce Leather None
Price: GBP 585.00 = appr. US$ 835.37 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: LTH30-F-1
- Book number: LTH30-F-1
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