Ending 23rd Apr, 2023 18:00
Books and Maps - Timed Auction - Fri 14 Apr to Sun 23 Apr
110
Cobbett, William, Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell
Cobbett, William, Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell: COMPLETE COLLECTION OF STATE TRIALS AND PROCEEDINGS FOR HIGH TREASON AND OTHER CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME 1809-28. 34 vols, C19 full calf. [ "This edition, besides containing many more Trials during the same period embraced by that of Mr. Hargrave, and bringing the Trials down to 1820, is enriched by numerous references and explanatory notes, embodying a great variety of legal and historical information, which greatly contributes to a correct understanding of this immense repository of Criminal Law." (Marvin) "An invaluable collection of nearly all the important criminal trials and constitutional cases, and of some important civil cases, which have some bearing upon public law.": (Holdsworth, A History of English Law, XII:130). Including accounts of notorious cases not found elsewhere, the collection begins with the proceedings against Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury for High Treason in 1163 and ends with the trial of William Davidson and Richard Tidd for High Treason in 1820. Sweet & Maxwell II.174. Marvin pp. 660-61], (34)
Sold for £400
Auction: Books and Maps - Timed Auction - Fri 14 Apr to Sun 23 Apr, ending 23rd Apr, 2023
The sale features some outstanding highlights, including; eight photographs taken by Charles Dodgson – aka Lewis Carroll – of one of his ‘child friends’, an album of 127 ornithological watercolours by a 19th century German artist and naturalist, a collection of letters relating to the American War of Independence of which two were written to British general Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805) by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Stewart following the action known as the Battle of Eutaw Springs on September 8, 1781. Also featured is a first edition copy of the first volume of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations has an interesting provenance with the Duke of Sutherland and the economist Edwin Walter Kemmerer among its former owners.
Please select the shipping destination;
Buying a pre-loved, antique, or vintage item not only provides you with unique style and value for money but it also helps to reduce landfill, and the annual emissions of an antique or vintage piece can be as little as one sixteenth of those of its new equivalent!
Sworders is proud to be supporting the work of Antiques are Green - the movement that was founded in 2009 to promote “a greener future created from the past”. Read their fascinating carbon footprint study of a Georgian chest of drawers versus a modern equivalent here
Request A Valuation
Here at Sworders, we are happy to offer a free online valuation service. Please fill out the form and press the 'Submit' button below.
To help us with your valuation please attach clear photographs of the item where possible. You can submit up to 5.
Approximate dimensions are also useful. Expect to hear from the appropriate valuer as soon as possible.
