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Shakespeare and law.- Fraunce (Abraham) The Lawier's Logike by the Practice of the Common Lawe, mostly black letter, title within elaborate woodcut border, woodcut initials and decorations, folding letterpress table, occasional light damp-staining, ink stamp to title, B1, 2D4 and 2Q3, bookplate to title verso, modern antique-style calf, [STC 11344], small 4to, by William How, for Thomas Gubbin, and T. Newman, 1588. ⁂ First edition of this work said to have been used by Shakespeare as a source for his legal knowledge. Scarce. Provenance: James Selby, Serjeant-at-Law (armorial bookplate); Birmingham Law Society (ink stamps).