A law dictionary: . or, the interpreter of words and terms, used either in the common or statute laws of [...] England; and in tenures and jocular customs: first published by [...] Dr. Cowel, and now very much augmented and improv'd, [...] With an appendix, containing the antient names of places [...].
John Cowell (1554-1611)
Category
Books
Date
1708
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3049240
Summary
Bibliographic description
[352]p. . fol... Identified in 1768 catalogue: D.4.. Provenance: manuscript annotations on p. [8] of the preface in the hand of 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. Bookplate on verso of title page: Armorial, three boars' heads, differenced with a mullet; The Honble. Henry Booth. [i.e.: Henry Booth (1687-1727)].. Binding: Calf; blind ruled; blind rolled; spine label missing: 'Cowel interpreter'.
Makers and roles
John Cowell (1554-1611)