A Complete Collection Of State Trials, And Procedings For High-Treason, And Other Crimes And Misdemeanours (10 Volume Set), From The Reign Of King Richard II, To The End Of The Reign Of King George I (Vol. 1-6), Second Edition With Great Additions... -

London, 1730-1766: J. Walthoe and Others. In 10 volumes with subscriber's list. Volumes 7-10 continued bringing the total of over 8500 pages of text in this large folio edition. The project to print the first six volumes required cooperation with over 40 publishers each taking a part to prepare what became an essential guide for English law. Volume I alone, for instance, deals with the Trial of Archbishop Laud and King Charles I in pages 803-998. Earlier cases deal with the Gunpowder Plot and the trial of Sir Walter Raleigh. Volume II has the trial in 1660 of 100 "conspirators" guilty of regicide all of whom were sentenced to death or life imprisonment. ESTC T108500. Volume 7-8 add: from the reign of King Edward VI to the present time...with an alphabetical table to the two supplemental volumes. Published by Benjamin Motte, 1735. ESTC T108499. Volumes 9-10 add: from the reign of Queen Anne, to the present time. Published by T.W.J. Rivington, et. al., 1766. ESTC T148048. Later volumes include the trial of Captain Kidd, William Penn, and John Peter Zenger. The last case was held in New York under the authority of the Crown resulting in the landmark case where defense against "seditious libel" was accepted. There are cases of censorship noted where bookseller, printer and even an illiterate bookbinder were all charged with libel as well as the case against the East India Company. Included for the first time are many of the Star Chamber proceedings. All title pages printed in red and black, vol. I has a large old clear tape mend to verso of title page, all bound in full calf, early rebacking to style, red and black morocco spine labels gilt, endpapers renewed, previous owner's bookplate within each volume, all volumes show a degree of wear to corners and edges, all page edges red. A handsome set.. Folio. Book.