A Practical Treatise on Architectural Jurisprudence...
London: W. Benning, 1827. Octavo, original papered boards; xvi, 280 pp. Joints a bit split (but still firm), overall a nice uncut copy. A summary of legal strictures relating to architecture, construction and the maintenance of buildings. Eight preliminary chapters examine Roman law, the Justinian code and Napoleonic legal frameworks, alongside other historical systems with regard to architectural jurisprudence. The remainder of the book is arranged alphabetically by subject. For example there are separate entries for cider mills, cathedrals, timber and so forth.
In the introduction the author writes: 'following the method of Sir William Chambers, I have endeavoured to collect into one volume the substance of what lies dispersed in many, and to select, from masses of promiscuous materials, an analysed digest of cases connected with the jurisprudence of the multifarious art of building, that have been argued and determined in our various Courts of Law and Equity.'. Item #4580
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