‎Homersham Cox‎
‎The Institutions of the English Government: book 2, Judicature‎

‎London, Sweet, 1863. Book 2 "Judicature" only. Octavo, 225 x 155 mm, pp. going from 297 to 757 (roughly 450 pp.). Hardcover. Original burgundy half-leather, raised bands, author's name, title and vol. number stamped in gold on the spine, marbled endpapers. Small label at the bottom of the spine, some damage on the upper left of the front panel, corners rubbed. From the library of the Instituto dos Surdos Mudos (Institute for the deaf and mute) of Brazil with only one discrete stamp on the title page, no other library marking. "In The Institutions of the English Government (1863), Cox argued in terms of a constitutional "balance of powers", at variance with the contemporary theorists Walter Bagehot and A. V. Dicey. A History of the Reform Bills of 1866 and 1867 was acknowledged by the author as a partisan Liberal work. It was brought out in time for the 1868 United Kingdom General Election. He was a critic of the cross-party co-operation seen in passing the Reform Bill of 1867, arguing that democracy was being undermined." (Wikipedia)‎

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‎Pages are mostly clean and well preserved. Overall a good, sturdy book. A rare find nowadays.‎