A treatise of laws, or, A general introduction to the common, civil, and canon law
Subtitle: in three parts : I. The common law of England, illustrated in a great variety of maxims, &c., also the use of this law, with references to statutes in all cases : II. Of the civil law, intermix'd with the law of nations, and its use here in England, and a parallell between the civil law and common law : III. The canon law, and laws ecclesiastical, containing the authority and rights of the English clergy, of patrons and churchs, courts ecclesiastical, trials, &c. : the whole adapted to the use of students and practisers of the law, students of the universities, civilians, proctors, ecclesiasticks, and all young gentlemen
By: by Giles Jacob, gent
Contributors: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, former owner; Ludwell, Philip, governor, inscriber; Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for T. Woodward ... and J. Peele ...
Published: 1721
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 533
Subjects: Civil law; Common law; Early works to 1800; Ecclesiastical law
Other titles: Treatise of laws; General introduction to the common, civil, and canon law
Notes: Signatures: A⁸(-A1) B-2M⁸ 2N².

Includes index.

Errata: p. [15] at end.

LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Has inscription: Phill Ludwell. Imperfect: wanting p. [i]-ii (the first leaf of the dedication).

Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, entry 1804

English Short Title Catalogue, entry N13977

LC copy is Thomas Jefferson's, with his initials at signatures I and T.