Speeches Or Arguments of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, Viz. Mr. Justice Willes, Mr. Justice Aston, Sir Joseph Yates, and Lord C. Justice Mansfield in April 1769; in the Cause Millar Against Taylor, for Printing Thomson's Seasons: To which are Added Explanatory Notes, and an Appendix, Containing a Short State of Literary PropertyWilliam Coke, bookseller in Leith, 1771 - 128 pàgines |
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