The history of gavel-kind, : with the etymology thereof; containing also an assertion that our English laws are for the most part those that were used by the antient Brytains, notwithstanding the several conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes, and Normans; with some observations and remarks upon many especial occurrences of British and English history. / By Silas Taylor gent. To which is added a short history of William the Conquerour, written in Latin by an anonymus author, in the time of Henry the First.
Silas Taylor (1624-1678)
Category
Books
Date
1663
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3028530
Summary
Bibliographic description
[26], 210, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : genealogical table ; 4to. Small holes in titlepage affecting lines 7-8 of title. Small burn mark above author's name. Provenance: No marks of provenance. Binding: Seventeenth-century calf over boards, double blind fillet on spine and covers, brown spine label, gilt roll on board edges.
Makers and roles
Silas Taylor (1624-1678)