E-BAY law cases 1620's - John Latch, London, Eng, publ 1661
From the E-BAY website sometime in 2003:
# 3568809574 - John Latch law book, London: publ. 1661 - Rare - contemp. full calf binding; pirate reference - Latch, John. "Plusiers Tres Bons Cases, Come ils estoyent adjudgees les trois premiers ans du Raign du feu Roy Charles le Premier en La Court de Bank Le Roy" [in English "Several Very Good Cases, as they were Adjudicated in the First Three Years of the Reign of the Late King Charles the First, in the Court of Kings Bench"]; London: H. Twyford, T. Dring and J. Place, 1661. First Edition. Text in French. Tall 4to. Pp. (10), 275, (19).
Contemporary full calf with five raised bands. A good copy in an unsophisticated binding, with front board detatched and rear board nearly so. Chipping to head of spine, top compartment loose, corners worn through. Old repairs to both hinges, the f.f.e.p. and the last printed leaf, the recto of which is a listing of publisher’s law titles. The interior remains quite sound, with foxing to only the exterior edges of leaves, if at all.
In sum, an attractive copy, the presence of which is quite uncommon on the open market. Quite servicable.
Latch relied on an anonymously-written manuscript for the substance of the reports contained herein, which were deemed important enough for publication due to their very absence from the Reports of Justice Crook, who presided over the Court of Common Pleas under Charles I. Although most of the text is in French, an occasional English idiom is slipped in, e.g., “a theivish pyrate” or “Thou art a thief, and hast stolen my Corn.”
Increasingly difficult to secure in any condition. Firmly established in the pantheon of legal history, Latch’s "Plusiers Tres-Bons Cases" is a prudent investment, for legal history and financial reasons.
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I have no connection to this family name, but thought this might be of interest to LATCH researchers looking into the 16th and 17th centuries in London, Eng. By the way, the first three years of Charles I should place these law cases somewhere around the late 1620's in London, England.