Thomas Salmon + Sollom Emlyn
A Complete Collection of

STATE TRIALS and PROCEEDINGS
MURDER ! PIRACY ! TREASON ! RAPE ! SODEMY ! WITCHCRAFT !
6 Volume Leather Folio Set
1730

Thomas Salmon & Sollom Emlyn

A
Complete Collection
OF
STATE-TRIALS,
AND
PROCEEDINGS
FOR
HIGH-TREASON, AND OTHER
CRIMES and MISDEMEANOURS;
FROM
The Reign of King RICHARD II.
TO
The End of the Reign of King GEORGE I.

London: Printed for J. WALTHOE Sen. R. VINCENT Sen. J. and J. KNΑΡΤΟΝ, R. KNAPLOCK J. ROBERTS, J. DARBY, S. BUCKLEY, D. MIDWINTER and A. WARD, A. BETTESWORTH and C. HITCH, B. LINTOT, R. GOSLING, W. MEARS, B. SPRINT, J. TONSON, W. INNYS, J. OSBORN and T. LONGMAN, T. WOODWARD, R. ROBINSON, T. SAUNDERS, B. MOTTE, J. WALTHOE Jun. C. KING, F. CLAY, W. BATTERSBY, J. BATLEY, T.COX, J. PEELE, E. SYMON, S. NOBLE, R. WILLIAMSON, T. WOTTON, D. BROWNE, B. CREAKE, J.CLARKE, R. HETT, T. OSBORNE, L. GILLIVER, I. STAGG, 1730.

1730, Second Edition. Complete in 6 volumes. A rare, complete set.

6 thick, heavy Folio volumes. Beautifully and expensively rebacked with thick tan calf and gilt stamped morocco labels, 5 raised bands and retaining the original 18th century leather boards.

All but one of the volumes has a contemporary 18th century 'Richard Champion' bookplate pasted to inner front cover.

Volumes measure 14 x 91/2 inches, save for Volume II which is 0.5" smaller in height and width measuring and 131/2 x 9 inches

Murder / Piracy / Rape and Sodomy / Witchcraft / Bigamy / High Treason / Breaking a Church Painted Window / Booksellers, Bookbinders, Printers and Publishers on Trial / etc.

Interesting depictions of trials of the era including:

Captain Kidd for Murder and Piracy

Mary, Queen of Scots for Conspiracy against Elizabeth

Walter Raleigh for High Treason

Guy Fawkes and Conspirators in the Gun Powder Plot

Francis Bacon for Bribery

Trial of King Charles I

Trial of Colonel Nicholas Bayard in the Province of New-York

The Trial of William Penn

Trials of Major Stede Bonnet at Charlestown, South Carolina 1718.
[Bonnet, known as the 'Gentleman Pirate', and his relationship with the infamous Pirate Blackbeard. He was eventually caught, put on trial and hanged in Charlestown on December 10, 1718. Stede Bonnet also inspired Diana Gabaldon's fictional character Stephen Bonnet in the Outlander series.]

All volumes show minor foxing and toning throughout, occasional wear to page edges and margins, all mostly to the pages at the front and back. Pages are largely in very good and clean condition.

As is relatively common in 18th century bindings, some pages are erroneously numbered, sometimes bound out of place, etc. All volumes have been collated complete with all text present, although note that binder/printer's errors are found in each volume, occasionally and sometimes resulting in extra pages.

A massive and detailed set, below is the collations and detailed condition assessments for each volume: