Item #224904 Mr. Gay's London : with extracts from the proceedings at the Sessions of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer for the city of London and county of Middlesex in the years 1732 and 1733 / by A. P. Herbert. A. P. Herbert, Alan Patrick.

Mr. Gay's London : with extracts from the proceedings at the Sessions of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer for the city of London and county of Middlesex in the years 1732 and 1733 / by A. P. Herbert

1949, 2nd impression. London : Ernest Benn. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 136 pages; 136 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Paints a vivid picture of London during the early 1700s, through excerpts from court cases prosecuted during 1732 and 1733, a time when court proceedings were colorful, comical, and unruly, and testimonies were recorded in the dialect of the speaker. Item #224904

Price: €21.00

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