The Law Society and the Mendham collection – will no-one rid us of these turbulent …, erm, “books”?
Many years ago I tried to consult a collection of rare books, owned by the Law Society of Great Britain, and known as the Mendham collection after the clergyman who assembled it and donated it to the society. The bequest obliged the society to preserve it whole for perpetuity. I failed to gain access. Indeed [...]