| Notes: [LAW]. Ed. L. Alston. Thomas Smith, F. W. Maitland. "De Republica Anglorum: A Discourse on the Commonwealth of England [Reprint of 1906 Edition]." New York: Barnes and Noble, Harper and Row. Printed in the Republic of Ireland by Robert Hogg printer to the Irish University Press, 1974. Reprint of the 1906 Cambridge edition. English language. Hardcover with blue cloth boards lettered silver on spine, no jacket. Nonfiction legal text in three books with three appendices, an introduction, and a preface. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. 16 oz. liv, 210 pp. Top edge dyed blue. Foxing to bottom and fore edges. Toning. Text clean. Near Fine. ISBN: 006496373X. "This edition presents 'De Republica Anglorum,' a thoughtful early work by Sir Thomas Smith. It surveys the English constitution and the functioning of government during a pivotal era, drawing on Smith’s experience as a statesman and scholar. The volume also includes scholarly framing by F. W. Maitland, helping readers place Smith’s ideas in their historical context." |