The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins, Judge of the High-Court of Admiralty

1724. London: Printed for Joseph Downing, 1724. 2 vols. London: Printed for Joseph Downing, 1724. 2 vols. A Notable Welsh Jurist, Politician, Scholar and Educator Wynne, William [1692-1765]. The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins, Judge of the High-Court of Admiralty, and Prerogative court of Canterbury, &c. Ambassador and Plenipotentiary for the General Peace at Cologn and Nimeguen, And Secretary of State to K. Charles II. And a Compleat Series of Letters, from the Beginning to the End of Those Two Important Treaties. Wherein are Related the Most Remarkable Transactions of Those Times, Both Foreign and Domestick. Together with Many Valuable Papers and Original Letters, From the Beginning to the End of Those two Important Treaties. Wherein are Related the Most Remarkable Transactions of Those Times, Both Foreign and Domestick. Together with Many Valuable Papers and Original Letters, Relating to the Rights and Privileges of the Universities, And Other Weighty Subjects. And the Resolution of Many Difficult and Curious Points in the Common and Civil Law, Laws of Merchants and of Nations, That Arose Within the Time of His Ministry. Never Before Published. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for Joseph Downing, in Bartholomew-Close [et al.], 1724. 2 volumes. xvii, [3], civ, 552; iv, 792 pp. Volume I has engraved copperplate portrait frontispiece. Volume II has separate title page reading A Continuation of the Letters from the Ambassadors and Mediators for the General Peace at Nimeguen, Beginning January the First, 1676-7. Folio (13-3/4" x 9"; 34.9 x 22.9 cm). Contemporary paneled calf with later rebacking, re-cornering and repairs to board edges, gilt library names to centers of front boards, library insignia to rear boards, raised bands and gilt titles and publication dates to spines, endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing, joints of both volumes just starting at heads, corners bumped and somewhat worn, front hinge of Volume II cracked, library bookplates and small shelf labels to front pastedowns. Title pages printed in red and black. Moderate toning to interiors, crinkling to head and foot of text blocks with light soiling and foxing to margins in places, library stamps to title pages and a few other leaves of each volume. $500. * Only edition. A man of many talents, Jenkins [1625-1685] was a Welsh jurist, politician, scholar and educator. He is known for his role as England's principal representative at the Congress of Nijmegen, whic.