The common law common-plac'd: . containing, the substance and effect of all the common law cases, dispersed in the body of the law, collected as well from abridgments as reports, in a perfect new method. ... The second edition, with very large additions. By Giles Jacob, gent.
Giles Jacob (1686-1744)
Category
Books
Date
1733
Materials
Measurements
327 x 218 x 39 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3040000
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper, pritned in single bifolia. Ink/Pigment: black printing ink with early iron-gall ink inscriptions on the title page and front flyleaf Type:BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: Contemporary Binder's Name: English End Leaves: Sewn single fold of plain white handmade laid paper within a single outside hook of the same. Originally the stub and outermost full leaf used as pastedowns. Structure: English Edges: Plain cut and not decorated. Spine Lining: Moderate round, light application of glue and no linings End Bands: Worked from left to right 2x2 in yellow and purple plain thread over thick rolled-paper cores with 3 tiedowns. NB knotted threads preserving original colour between pp.34-5, at head. Bookmark: None Boards: Couched laminate rope fibre boards made from 2 pieces of 4mm board pasted together, with no back cornering and square-cut spine edges. Covering: Thin brown tanned calf Tooling Spine: none. Tooling Sides: blind-tooled single panel with corner fleurons within double fillet border; blind roll on edges Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes: On f. flyleaf: “Jo[h]n Ambler his Book / 1755” with pen flourishes + prices and price codes. On titlepage: “Lewis Jones Lambert July ye. 9th. 1750”. The back flyleaf has 2 ms price codes.
Bibliographic description
vi,388 [ie 398],[8]p . fol.. Provenance: manuscript Inscription on front fly-leaf: "Jno. Ambler his book 1755"; manuscript inscription on title page: "Lewis Jones Lambert. July ye 9th 1750".. Binding: 18th century calf binding, blind tooled to a rectangular panel design. Binding is very worn and is becoming detached from the boards; only a fragment of the spine remains.
Makers and roles
Giles Jacob (1686-1744)