Cobbett’s Complete Collection Of State Trials And Proceedings For High Treason And Other Crimes And Misdemeanors From the Earliest Period To The Present Time. [Edited by Thomas Bayly Howell & Thomas Jones Howell]

London: Printed By T.C.Hansard…Published By R.Bagshaw…, 1809-28. “This edition, besides containing many more Trials during the same period embraced by that of Mr. Hargrave, and bringing the Trials down to 1820, is enriched by numerous references and explanatory notes, embodying a great variety of legal and historical information, which greatly contributes to a correct understanding of this immense repository of Criminal Law.” (Marvin) "An invaluable collection of nearly all the important criminal trials and constitutional cases, and of some important civil cases, which have some bearing upon public law.": (Holdsworth, A History of English Law, XII:130). Including accounts of notorious cases not found elsewhere, the collection begins with with the proceedings against Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury for High Treason in 1163 and ends with the trial of William Davidson and Richard Tidd for High Treason in 1820. Sweet & Maxwell II.174. Marvin pp. 660-61. See Marke p. 1030. 34 Volumes (incl. Index by David Jardine). 8vo. later 19th century half calf (extremities worn, spines partly darkened, rear joint of Vol. 23 partly split). Arthur Club copy