1725 The Student's Companion: or, the Reason of the Laws of England. Shewing, the Principal Reasons and Motives Whereon our Laws and Statutes are Grounded, in the Most Essential and Capital Points, Not Only in Civil But Criminal Cases; Together With the Law it Self. So as to Convey to All Students, and Others, the Fundamental Knowledge of the Law, Necessary in Their Studies

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First Edition, Leather Binding, Very Scarce

The first edition of this work. A very scarce work. This work is an octavo, with the signatures running as A2, a4, B-P8, Q4. ESTC citation number T137466. With an index titled 'A Table of the Heads'. Collated from the ESTC, complete. This work is a guide to studying law, containing many practical tips, reviews, and indexes. The work is descriptive and practical, and provides a very useful resource for students of law, describing what the author believed to be the most fair and well constructed law system in the world. Written by Giles Jacob, a British legal author. He considered this work to be his favourite. Though he was best known for his legal writings, he also had a great interest in poetry and literature, and published a farce called 'Love in a Wood, or, The Country Squire', and the satire 'The Rape of the Smock', and the more serious 'Tractatus de Hermaphroditus'. However his most famous work is 'A New Law Dictionary', published in 1729, which took Jacob nine years to write. Prior owner's ink inscription to the title page, 'Ex Libris Nicholas Gibbard(?)'.