[ENGLISH LAW]

£1,950 · Offered by Sokol Books

.Second edition, the last published, one of two issues from 1639, of this work of tremendous social and historical interest discussing the Arguments and opinions of foure famous sages of the common law, touching the power, and the extent of customes of Cities, Townes, Corporations, and inheritances, together with the determination of the Law concerning the commodity and use of Houses with their appurtenances, and wherein an action may be maintainable concerning the same, and wherein not. The four famous Sages of the common law cited in the work are Robert Monson, Christopher Wray, Edmund Plowden, and John Manwood. The work provides great insight into the difficulties arising for householders living in the city often surrounded by heavily polluting industries. Early modern London burned quantities of dirty coal that were unparalleled anywhere in Europe before industrialisation, and the consequent smoky air was a matter of more serious and sustained concern than has been appreciated by either early modern or environmental historians. During the 1620s and 1630s, King Charles I and his government sought to remove smoky industries, above all large brewhouses, from the vicinity of the court in Westminster. .William M. Cavert. ..The work addresses legal restrictions imposed by building laws, such as the location of windows and drains, and particularly the absence of effective laws to reduce urban nuisances, such as smoke, poor drainage and noise, and such questions as a householder'

• Binding: Hardcover

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