An Exact Abridgement of That Excellent Treatise Called Doctor..

1630. The Only Abridgment of Doctor and Student Saint German, Christopher [1460?-1540]. An Exact Abridgement of That Excellent Treatise Called Doctor and Student. London: Printed by [John Haviland for] the Assignes of Iohn More Esquire, And are Sold by Mathew Walbancke, At Grayes Inne Gate, 1630. [192] pp. Octavo (5-1/4" x 3-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, blind fillets to spine, blind tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks and stains to boards, which are slightly bowed, moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners, joints starting at ends, front hinge cracked, rear pastedown loose and chipped along fore-edge. Moderate toning to interior, offsetting and brief early annotations to endleaves, early owner signature (P. Warburton) to front free endpaper. $300. * First edition. Doctor and Student was first published in 1523, and is cast in the form of two dialogues between a doctor of divinity and a law student. It discusses the nature and object of law, the religious and ethical standards of law, the foundations of the common law, equity and the jurisdiction of Parliament. It was an influential work into the eighteenth century. Its only abridgment, An Exact Abridgement was produced by an anonymous editor with the initials, seen at then end of the preface, "I.L." A second edition was published in 1658. English Short-Title Catalogue S116394.