Tracts written by John Selden of the Inner-Temple, Esquire. . The first entituled, Jani Anglorum facies altera, rendred into English, with large notes thereupon, by Redman Westcot, gent. The second, England's epinomis. The third, Of the original of ecclesiastical jurisdictions of testaments. The fourth, Of the disposition or administration of intestates goods. The three last never before extant.
John Selden (1584-1654)
Category
Books
Date
1683
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038236
Summary
Bibliographic description
[36],131,[9],39,[5],24p. . port.. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: C.10.13. With a final advertisement leaf: "Books printed for, and sold by Richard Chiswell". Identified in 1796 inventory: F 152 "Seldens Tracts", price 6d. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 556.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. manuscript price on title page: "pr[e]tiu[m] 8s-0".. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double blind fillet border, with double blind fillet parallel to spine-edge; gilt dotted roll on board edges; blind fillets on spine. Marbled edges.
Makers and roles
John Selden (1584-1654) Adam Littleton (1627-1694) Robert White (London 1645 - London 1703)