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The scrivener's guide. Vol. I. Being choice and approved forms of precedents of all sorts of business now in use and practice, in a much better method than any yet printed; and useful for all gentlemen, but chiefly for those who practice the law, viz. articles of agreement, assignments, acquittances, bankrupts, bargains and sales, bills, bonds, certificates, conditions, copartnerships, copyhold precedents, covenants, defeazances, deputations, grants, jointures, indentures, leases, letters of attorney, licences, mortgages, obligations, partitions, provisoes, releases, revocations, settlements of estates, wills, warrants, &c. By Nicholas Covert, ... The third edition, corrected and enlarged with many additions, by William Bohun, ...
London (Place), printed by Eliz. Nutt, (executrix of J. Nutt, assignee of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for W. Mears and J. Brown; J. Hook and T. Woodward; and L. Sweeting,, 1716.
2 vols ; 19.5 cm. (8º)
I: [38], 432 p.
II: 433--896 p.

Volume II has the imprint reading 'J. Browne' and 'J. Hooke'. On the title-page the words 'Articles of Agreement, ... Grants', are bracketed together on the right; the words 'Jointures, ... Warrants, &c.' are bracketed together on the left. ESTC n21349.

Copy Notes Imperfect; wanting vol. II. Rear pastedown inscribed in ink with bookseller's code (?) RI 2 Vols [over] LF.

Binding C18th calf, blind double-ruled borders with additional blind roll-tool parallel to spine, blind double-ruled spine with gilt-tooled volume number, without spine-label.

Reference Number 125

Additional Names Bohun, William


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