EVERY MAN HIS OWN LAWYER: OR, A SUMMARY OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND, IN A NEW AND INSTRUCTIVE METHOD, UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADS...ALL OF THEM SO PLAINLY TREATED OF, THAT ALL MANNER OF PERSONS MAY BE PARTICULARLY AQUAINTED [!] WITH OUR LAWS AND STATUTES, CONCERNING CIVIL AND CRIMINAL AFFAIRS, AND KNOW HOW TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AND THEIR ESTATES AND FORTUNES, IN ALL CASES WHATSOEVER.
New York: Hugh Gaine, 1768. pp iv, 289, [13] [as issued]. Boards detached. Old rubberstamp on front free endpaper and title page. Scattered foxing, one leaf tape-repaired [no loss]. Good. This first American edition, from the seventh London edition, is considered the first layman's self-help law guide printed in America..... More