Price: £5,500
Subject: History
Published Date: 1733]
Stock Number: 58220
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Description: Engraved Facsimile of the 1215 Magna Carta, engraved by John Pine, engraved central panel of text, the vertical borders decorated with by a series of 25 coats-of-arms of the Barons, and a representation of the remains of King John's Great Seal in the lower border, all panels surrounded by oak leaf and acorn borders, approx. 695 x 480mm, laid down on linen and mounted on a roller, the linen browned and the text slightly soPublication Details: Sold by R.E. Pine, [after 1733]
Notes: Engraved facsimile of the Magna Carta, 'a sacred text, the nearest approach to an irrepealable fundamental statute that England has ever had (Pollock and Maitland, History of English Law), and the most celebrated legal document in the English-speaking world. The engraving was commissioned from John Pine (1690-1756), following the fire at the Cottonian Library in 1731, which resulted in the only copy known with King John's seal being severely damaged. It was Pine's copy that was used by William Blackstone for his translation in 1759. John Pine (1690-1756), was a publisher, print- and map-seller...more
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