THE REPORTS OF SIR GEORGE CROKE KNIGHT; LATE, ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF COURT OF KINGSBENCH; AND FORMERLY, ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF COMMON BENCH OF SUCH SELECT CASES AS WERE ADJUDGED IN THE SAID COURTS, THE TIME THAT HE WAS JUDGE IN EITHER OF THEM

Legal reports with a handwritten note to the front loose flyleaf which reads ‘Bought the fifth of October 1657 [.....]’. The spine has cracked, the boards are unattached, several sections of the text block sit loosely within the exposed binding but the leaves are in good condition throughout, barely foxed and interestingly and abundantly annotated to the margins in a contemporary hand. 438 pp. followed by tables and names of cases, judges etc. Appears complete. A rear flyleaf contains several additional paragraphs in a contemporary hand. Collected and written in French originally by Sir George Croke Knight. Revised and published in English by Sir Harebotle Grim[f]ton, Baronet. ‘Printed by J.S. and are to be sold by the Stationers of London.’ Measures 19 cm x 28 cm.