The Lives of the Chief Justices of England. 4 Vols. Boston, 1873

1873. Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell [1779-1861]. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1873. 4 volumes. Frontispieces. Plates. Original maroon cloth with gilt stamped spines and front covers. Boards lightly rubbed, light wear to spine ends. Interior clean. $200. * This classic study, which went through several editions, is an incomparable storehouse of legal history and anecdote. The first four volumes by Campbell are a complete work. "If [Campbell's] jocosity is not always seasonable, or in taste, it seldom fails to amuse.": Atlay, The Victorian Chancellors II:181-183 cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 151.