Charles Watkins — A Treatise on Copyholds

London, R. Pheney, 1797-99. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of the legal treatise on copyholds by Charles Watkins. The scarce first edition.Complete in two volumes.ESTC citation number T70273. A detailed exploration of eighteenth century copyhold and laws surrounding it, providing an essential resource on the subject.With chapters on manors, grants, surrenders, entails, admission, remainders, trusts, fines, suspension, enfranchisement, and more.Including a table of the cases cited.By noted Welsh lawyer and legal writer Charles Watkins.One leaf of adverts to the rear of Volume I, two leaves of adverts to the rear of Volume II. Rebound in a modern cloth binding, with new endpapers. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned and generally clean with some spots. The occasional ink annotation to the text. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .