xiv, 210pp, 4pp publisher's ads. Red cloth-covered boards; blind embossed design on front, gilt titles on spine; bottom text block edge untrimmed; maps on endpapers. 16mo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed spine ends. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan and fox. Endpapers starting to fox and tan, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
A history of the Inner and Middle Temples, the beating heart of the legal profession in England.