The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins, Judge of the High-Court of Admiralty, and Prerogative Court of Canterbury, etc., Ambassador and Plenipotentiary for the General Peace at Cologn and Nimeguen, and Secretary of State to K. Charles II ... 1st edition, 2 volumes, 1714, engraved portrait frontispiece by Vandergucht after Herbert Tuer title pages printed in red and black, bookplates of George Montgomery Traherne (Welsh landowner b. 1826), light spotting and soiling to prelims and margins, 19th-century red half morocco, volume 1 front joint cracking at head, board corners worn, folio, together with Selden (John), An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England, the fourth edition, corrected and improved, 2 parts in 1 volume, 1739, title page printed in red and black, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine, triple frame gilt to sides, rubbed and worn, joints split, folio, with [Defoe, Daniel], Jure Divino: a Satyr, in Twelve Books, by the Author of the True-Born-Englishman, 1st edition, 1706, lacking frontispiece, title page slightly marked, spotting and browning, contemporary manuscript addition to Book XI page 15, 20th-century half calf, and Sacheverell (Henry), The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell before the House of Peers ... 1st edition, Tonson, 1710, imprimatur leaf, browning, a few marginal repairs, recent boards, folio, plus ibid., 8vo issue of the same work in contemporary panelled calf, plus Pollexfen (Henry), The Arguments and Reports of Sr. Hen. Pollexfen in some Special Cases, by him argued the Time of his Practice at the Barr, together with Divers Decrees in the High Court of Chancery upon Limitations of Trusts of Terms for Years ... 1st edition, 1706, initial imprimatur leaf, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, joints split, folio, and one other Wynne's work is 'a valubale repository of diplomatic information, knowledge and skill. Prefixed is a fine portrait of Sir Leoline by G. V. Gucht (which is often deficient)' (Lowndes). Selden's work was 'formerly attributed to Nathaniel Bacon who is in fact the editor' (Wing after ESTC). Lowndes pp. 3006, 2238, 617, 2167, 1907; Foxon D128 for Defoe; ESTC T51986 for Sacheverell, 8vo issue (one of several variants). (8)
The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins, Judge of the High-Court of Admiralty, and Prerogative Court of Canterbury, etc., Ambassador and Plenipotentiary for the General Peace at Cologn and Nimeguen, and Secretary of State to K. Charles II ... 1st edition, 2 volumes, 1714, engraved portrait frontispiece by Vandergucht after Herbert Tuer title pages printed in red and black, bookplates of George Montgomery Traherne (Welsh landowner b. 1826), light spotting and soiling to prelims and margins, 19th-century red half morocco, volume 1 front joint cracking at head, board corners worn, folio, together with Selden (John), An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England, the fourth edition, corrected and improved, 2 parts in 1 volume, 1739, title page printed in red and black, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine, triple frame gilt to sides, rubbed and worn, joints split, folio, with [Defoe, Daniel], Jure Divino: a Satyr, in Twelve Books, by the Author of the True-Born-Englishman, 1st edition, 1706, lacking frontispiece, title page slightly marked, spotting and browning, contemporary manuscript addition to Book XI page 15, 20th-century half calf, and Sacheverell (Henry), The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell before the House of Peers ... 1st edition, Tonson, 1710, imprimatur leaf, browning, a few marginal repairs, recent boards, folio, plus ibid., 8vo issue of the same work in contemporary panelled calf, plus Pollexfen (Henry), The Arguments and Reports of Sr. Hen. Pollexfen in some Special Cases, by him argued the Time of his Practice at the Barr, together with Divers Decrees in the High Court of Chancery upon Limitations of Trusts of Terms for Years ... 1st edition, 1706, initial imprimatur leaf, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, joints split, folio, and one other Wynne's work is 'a valubale repository of diplomatic information, knowledge and skill. Prefixed is a fine portrait of Sir Leoline by G. V. Gucht (which is often deficient)' (Lowndes). Selden's work was 'formerly attributed to Nathaniel Bacon who is in fact the editor' (Wing after ESTC). Lowndes pp. 3006, 2238, 617, 2167, 1907; Foxon D128 for Defoe; ESTC T51986 for Sacheverell, 8vo issue (one of several variants). (8)
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