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London: In the Savoy: printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for J. Shuckburgh, at the Sun near the Inner Temple Gate in Fleet-street. M DCC XXXIX. [1739], 1739. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Description: 4to (8¼ × 6¾ in): [4], 232, [15] p. (bookseller ads on verso of first leaf; errata pasted to verso of title-page). Untrimmed as issued in green paper-covered boards. · Register: 4º: [A]^2 B-2I^4. · Condition: Paper perished from the spine, boards shelf-worn. · Comments: First edition. A common recovery was a feigned action for land, the judgment in which had the intended effect of cutting off future interests in the land in question. According to Holdsworth, this learned book deals clearly and comprehensively with every aspect of its recondite subject. · References: Johnson 155 (2 copies); Worrall 155; Bridgman 251; S&M 490(15); Holdsworth, HEL 12:278; ESTC T51625.

Dublin: Dublin: printed by E. Lynch, Law-Bookseller to his Majesty's Courts of Law, in Ireland, at her Shops no. 6, Skinner-Row, and in the Four-Courts. M.DCC.XCI. [1791], 1791. Leather. Very Good. Description: 8vo (8½ × 5½ in): xvi, 558, [2] p. (the last leaf bookseller's ads). Contemporary calf. · Register: 8º: A-N^8. · Condition: Joints cracked, leather on spine skilfully patched at some early date; sheets 2G-K toned, affecting a few leaves in the adjacent gatherings. · Comments: Sole Dublin edition, a reprint of the second London edition of 1787; the first edition was published in 1785. Powell was a student of Charles Fearne, author of a celebrated treatise on contingent remainders. Powell dedicated his book on mortgages, his first, to Fearne. Powell also published three more well-regarded treatises, on powers (1787), devises (1788), and contracts (1790). · References: ESTC Johnson 161 (2 copies); Bridgman 258; S&M 257(19);… Leer más