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1730 · 65924 — 1730. 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