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1861 Liber Albus: The White Book of the City of London
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Description
First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
The first English edition translated by Henry Thomas Riley in the publisher's original binding.
Liber Albus is the first book of English Common Law, originally complete in 1419.
A thorough study of the legal, social, and history of the law in relation to the City of London.
This was an important landmark in the development of the study of English Common Law.
Originally compiled by John Carpenter and Richard Whittington.
Translated from Latin and Anglo-Norman into English by Henry Thomas Riley.
Contains a pamphlet of original publisher's advertisements to the front free endpaper.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth with gilt design. Externally, smart with shelf wear to extremities and the odd mark to the boards. Bumping and the odd chip to extremities and joints. Internally, firmly bound. Front and rear hinges strained. Pages age toned with the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few. Contains a pamphlet of original publisher's advertisements to front free endpaper.
Very Good
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