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171347274London: Printed for J. Baker at the Black-Boy in Pater-Noster-Row 1713. 1st printing ESTC N23541. Disbound with binding remnants along spine. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Very Good. 10 28 pp. Lacks half-title leaf. "Price 6d." at base of t.p. T.p. ornamental cut. 7" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/> Printed for J. Baker, at the Black-Boy in Pater-Noster-Row unknown books
1730659241730. Notable Eighteenth-Century Compilation of Welsh Civil and Ecclesiastical Law Wales. Howel Welsh King d. 950CE. Clark William 1696-1771 Editor. Wotton William 1666-1727 Compiler of Appendices. William Moses 1686-1742 Compiler of Appendices. Cyfreithjeu Hywel Dda ac Eraill Seu Leges Wallicae Ecclesiasticae & Civiles Hoeli Boni et Aliorum Walliae Principum Quas Ex Variis Codicibus Manuscriptis Eruit Interpretatione Latina Notis & Glossario Illustravit Guilielmus Wottonus S.T.P. Adjuvante Mose Guilielmio A.M.R.S. Soc. Qui & Appendicem Adjecit. London: Typis Gulielmi Bowyer 1730. xlii 586 20 pp. Lacking half-title. Parallel Welsh and Latin texts. Folio 15-1/4" x 9-1/2". Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards raised bands and lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Title page printed in red and black copperplate text vignette in preface large copperplate vignette to head of dedication large woodcut vignettes at the beginnings of each section. Very light browning to text somewhat heavier in places foxing stains and edgewear to a few leaves light soiling and edgewear to title page internally clean. $500. Only edition 1 of 2 issues from 1730. With a subscriber list. One of the great achievements of eighteenth-century English legal philology this is a critical edition of Howel's Cyfraith Hywel and other early compilations of Welsh civil and ecclesiastical law. The work concludes with a glossary of Welsh legal terms by Wotton. OCLC locates 9 copies in North America 5 in law libraries Case Western Reserve Harvard University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Virginia. English Short-Title Catalogue T63960. unknown books
1786177999London: C. Nourse 1786. 5th. Hardcover. Fair case very worn pages at extremities worn markings at extremities pieces missing from first title page still readable. Brown full leather binding with 5 raised bands. Diagrams and charts throughout. Some diagrams and maps foldout. xxxii approx. 870 pp. Composed for the use of the Royal Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital the Royal Academy at Portsmouth and the gentlemen of the Navy. Fifth edition. Two volumes in one book. Important textbook on navigation for the 18th century British navy. Edited by William Wales member of Captain Cook's second voyage. C. Nourse hardcover books
