De successionibus apud anglos: . or, A treatise of hereditary descents, shewing the rise, progress and successive alterations thereof. And also the laws of descent as they are now in use.
Sir Matthew Hale (1609-1676)
Category
Books
Date
1699
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048270
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6], 104 p., folding plate . 8vo.. Not identified in 1768 catalogue. manuscript inscription on rear flyleaf: [illegible, dated April [16]88?] possibly in the hand of Henry Booth, 1st earl of Warrington and 2nd baron Delamer (1652-1694)?].. Provenance: Bookplate on verso of sig. A2: Armorial, three boars' heads, differenced with a mullet; The Honble. Henry Booth. [i.e.: Henry Booth (1687-1727)]. Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819), pasted over an earlier, less well-executed plate of the 5th earl, with the single-tailed lion.. Binding: Sheep; blind ruled; front board detached.
Makers and roles
Sir Matthew Hale (1609-1676) Sir Bartholomew Shower (1658-1701)