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[MORRIS, Lewis (1698-1762), his copy]. COKE, Sir Edward (1552-1634). The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Concerning High Treason, and other Pleas to the Crown, and Criminal Causes. London: A. Crooke, W. Leake, etc., 1669. 4to (278 x 188 mm). Later light-green cloth, spine with black and burgundy gilt morocco lettering labels and a printed shelf label (boards worn, soiled and detached, spine worn, soiled, and partially detached, text toned, offset, worn, soiled, some pages a bit loose, library inkstamp on title-page). Provenance: Lewis Morris (notation on the title-page: “Lewis Morris’s book bought of Ja Regnier’s Executors.”); above this inscription is the ownership signature of James Regnier. Fourth edition, SIGNED BY COLONIAL JUDGE AND LANDOWNER, LEWIS MORRIS, FATHER OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNER, LEWIS MORRIS (1726-1798).