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2 volumes. (Folio) 32.5x20 cm (12¾x8") period full calf, bordered in blind, raised bands, morocco lettering pieces. First Edition.

A handsome set. John Cay (1700 - 1757) was an English legal writer. “In the year following Cay's death there appeared his edition of The Statutes at Large, from Magna Charta to the 30th Geo. II (6 vols., 1758). This edition, which was justly praised for its learning and accuracy, was continued in three further volumes by Owen Ruffhead to 13 Geo. III (1769 - 73). Cay had previously published Abridgment of the Publick Statutes, in Force and Use, from Magna Charta to the 11th Geo. II (2 vols., 1739), which was continued in supplements by his son, Henry Boult Cay. In 1762 a second edition in two volumes was published, and in 1766 a supplemental volume, containing the statutes from 11 Geo. II to 1 Geo. III. Cay's Abridgment used to be continued by the abstracts of acts to 35 Geo. III, after which period they were not printed.” (DNB)