Privileges of the baronage of England when they sitt in Parliament / collected by Mr. Selden of the Inner Temple, 1620s.

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Privileges of the baronage of England when they sitt in Parliament / collected by Mr. Selden of the Inner Temple, 1620s.

Manuscript, on paper, in a professional secretary hand, of the text of Selden's report on the legal privileges that can be claimed by members of the House of Lords when Parliament is in session. A portrait drawing of Selden is pasted in as a frontispiece; an engraved portrait of Selden is laid in.

1 v . (circa 200 p.) ; 31 cm.

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Selden, John, 1584-1654

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John Selden (1584-1654) was a lawyer, parliamentarian and a scholar. His De Diis Syris (1617) established his credentials as an orientalist, which were consolidated by his later studies in rabbinical law. Further details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Oriental manuscripts of John Selden, 13th-17th century, (University of Oxford, Department of Oriental Collections, Bodleian Library) English jurist. From the description of...